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Photograph of Nikita Khrushchev.

Copyrighted This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this Image
  • to illustrate the event or historically notable person(s) in question where:
  • The image depicts a non-reproducible historic event or historically notable person(s), and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
  • The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Nikita Khrushchev, History of the Soviet Union (1953–1985), 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Cold War (1953-1962), Khrushchev Thaw, 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Hungarian Revolution of 1956

The image is not free and its copyright belongs to the government of Russia. Still I, Alex Bakharev believe that usage of the image in the articles related to the history of Soviet Union constitutes fair use as defined in the law of the United States:

  • This is an official photo of the Soviet leader showing how he and his government wanted people to see him
  • The picture were distributed as a promotion for the Soviet Union
  • For thirty years until Russia signing Bern declaration in 1990ies the image was public domain in the United States of America
  • The image is of low resolution and has no commercial value whatsoever, using it on Wikipedia does not interfere with any possible usage of the image by the Russian government
  • Image usage for the relevant historical articles improves their quality as it shows an official image of the Soviet leader, the way he was seen by the contemporaries.
  • The photo cannot be substituted by casual photographs of Khruschev as they do not show his official image

Alex Bakharev 10:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

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current22:03, 3 January 2007263×298 (46 KB)Hayfordoleary (Talk | contribs) (Removed border, fixed minor flaws in images, tweaked levels.)
04:50, 22 October 2006265×300 (13 KB)Alex Bakharev (Talk | contribs) (Photograph of Nikita Khrushchev {{HistoricPhoto}})