On December 7, 1988, the devastating magnitude 10 earthquake in Soviet Armenia totally destroyed the city of Spitak and 80 percent of Leninakan (currently Gyumri), the republic's second largest city. Evacuees Anait Tamaryan and her son are consulted by children's doctor Yelena Vasyutina in an outpatient clinic in Adler.19.01.1989#6742995
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: Hundreds of volunteers arrived from all over the Soviet Union and took part in rescue operations. Rescue worker Andrei Terentyev saved 39 people in Leninakan.19.01.1989#6742992
On December 7, 1988, the devastating magnitude 10 earthquake in Soviet Armenia totally destroyed the city of Spitak and 80 percent of Leninakan (currently Gyumri), the republic's second largest city. A. Mkrtchyan, an air traffic controller at Zvartnots airport in Yerevan, receives flights carrying aid to the people of Armenia.19.01.1989#6742988
On December 7, 1988, the devastating magnitude 10 earthquake in Soviet Armenia totally destroyed the city of Spitak and 80 percent of Leninakan (currently Gyumri), the republic's second largest city. G. Merodyan, center, a 13-year-old Armenian schoolboy, is seen here with his new school friends in the resort city of Anapa.19.01.1989#6742986
Triput India director A. Mehra, right, watches the loading of shoes into an Aeroflot truck. Humanitarian aid for the earthquake victims will be delivered by plane from India to the Armenian USSR. On December 7, 1988, a 10 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia completely destroying the city of Spitak and 80% of its second largest city, Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and villages in northern Armenia were also affected.13.01.1989#6595091
India sends humanitarian aid to the earthquake-hit Armenia. Aircraft will deliver 30 tons of aid to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. A horrible magnitude 10 earthquake on December 7, 1988, completely destroyed the city of Spitak and 80% of the second largest Armenian city, Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and towns in northern Armenia were also affected.13.01.1989#6595086
Prosthetists from the Federal Republic of Germany are helping seven-year-old Nune Torosyan from Leninakan, who lost parts of her legs due to the earthquake that occurred on December 7, 1988 in the northern regions of the Armenian SSR.10.01.1989#8221732
Prosthetists from the Federal Republic of Germany are helping seven-year-old Nune Torosyan from Leninakan, who lost parts of her legs due to the earthquake that occurred on December 7, 1988 in the northern regions of the Armenian SSR.10.01.1989#8221731
From left: French singer Charles Aznavour who arrived in the USSR on a charitable mission to help the people of Armenia, and first secretary of Armenian Communist Party committee in the city of Leninakan visit the site destroyed by the December 7 1988 earthquake in Leninakan.10.01.1989#8160837
French singer Charles Aznavour visited the city of Leninakan as he arrived in the USSR on a charitable mission to help the people of Armenia who suffered in the December 7 1988 Spitak earthquake.10.01.1989#8160836
French singer Charles Aznavour visited a children's hospital in Yerevan where children, wounded in the December 7 1988 Spitak earthquake in the northeastern Armenia, undergo treatment.10.01.1989#8160835
French singer Charles Aznavour visited a children's hospital in Yerevan where children, wounded in the December 7 1988 Spitak earthquake in the northeastern Armenia, undergo treatment.10.01.1989#8160834
French singer Charles Aznavour visited the city of Leninakan as he arrived in the USSR on a charitable mission to help the people of Armenia who suffered in the December 7 1988 Spitak earthquake.10.01.1989#8162770
On December 7, 1988, an earthquake hit several northern regions in the Armenian SSR. This photo shows demolished buildings in Leninakan.07.01.1989#8221729
On December 7, 1988, an earthquake hit several northern regions in the Armenian SSR. This photo shows demolished buildings in Leninakan.07.01.1989#8221727
Members of the French delegation that delivered a batch of humanitarian aid to victims of the Spitak earthquake, which occurred on December 7, 1988 in the northwest of the Armenian SSR.07.01.1989#8160832
US Congressmen visited a children's hospital in Yerevan where children, wounded in the December 7 1988 Spitak earthquake in the northeastern Armenia, undergo treatment.07.01.1989#8160831
International aid provided to victims of the Spitak earthquake, which occurred on December 7, 1988 in the northwest of the Armenian SSR. A batch of humanitarian aid from France is unloaded from a train at the Spitak railway station.07.01.1989#8160830
US Congressmen visited a children's hospital in Yerevan where children, wounded in the December 7 1988 Spitak earthquake in the northeastern Armenia, undergo treatment.07.01.1989#8160828
A US delegation visiting cities and regions of the Armenian SSR affected by the December 7, 1988 earthquake. From right: Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church Vazgen I and member of the American delegation J. Jackson during a meeting.07.01.1989#8198856
A US delegation visits cities and areas of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic after the earthquake on December 7, 1988. Suren Arutyunyan, First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party's Central Committee, meets with the delegation.07.01.1989#8198855
A US delegation visits cities and areas of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic after the earthquake on December 7, 1988. Vazgen I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, Head of the Armenian Apostle Church, greets the delegation.07.01.1989#8198854
A US delegation visits cities and areas of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic after the earthquake on December 7, 1988. A member of the delegation at a hospital in Leninakan.07.01.1989#8198841
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: These people were evacuated from damaged Armenian districts to a refugee shelter in Adler resort.01.01.1989#6743005
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: CARE International Secretary-General Peter Reitz delivers humanitarian relief aid to people evacuated from affected Armenian districts. CARE International is a large international humanitarian agency providing emergency assistance.01.01.1989#6743004
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: Children, evacuated from affected Armenian districts, on the playground of a holiday hotel in Adler resort.01.01.1989#6743003
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: People, evacuated from affected Armenian districts, receive benefits at a holiday hotel in Adler resort.01.01.1989#6743002
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: School students, evacuated from quake-stricken Armenian districts, play chess in the lobby of a holiday hotel in Adler resort.01.01.1989#6742998
On December 7, 1988, the devastating magnitude 10 earthquake in Soviet Armenia totally destroyed the city of Spitak and 80 percent of Leninakan (currently Gyumri), the republic's second largest city. Evacuees in a holiday center of the resort city of Adler - a 10-year-old Tigran Tsaturyan saved by rescuers from the debris and his grandfather Vazgen.01.01.1989#6742996
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: Asya Oganesyan, a professor of economics at the Kirovakan Polytechnic Institute, and her five children, have been evacuated to a holiday hotel in Adler, a resort in southern Russian. Her husband stayed behind and took part in rescue operations.01.01.1989#6742993
On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: Driver Vachagan Amvroyan, his daughter Roza and his grandchildren were evacuated to a holiday hotel in Adler, a resort in southern Russia.01.01.1989#6742991
The Uzbek SSR. On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: Tashkent residents load humanitarian relief aid for people in quake-hit districts aboard a train.01.01.1989#6742990
On December 7, 1988, the devastating magnitude 10 earthquake in Soviet Armenia totally destroyed the city of Spitak and 80 percent of Leninakan (currently Gyumri), the republic's second largest city. Donations are collected at the Sheikh Muslihiddin mosque in Leninabad (currently Khujand).01.01.1989#6742989
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. The military unit commander sees off the soldiers called up to help the victims on an unscheduled vacation to their families.28.12.1988#6600272
From right: Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Levon Badalyan; writer, chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee Genrikh Borovik, and Mother Teresa was the founder of the Catholic Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize winner, are the news conference following her visit to the Armenian SSR to help the survivors of the December 7, 1988 earhtquale with the magnitude of over 10 in its epicenter.25.12.1988#6599034
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Mother Theresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Peace Prize winner, visits Armenia to help victims of an earthquake. Center: Mother Theresa visits an Armenian Grigorian Church.21.12.1988#6747522
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Mother Theresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Peace Prize winner, visits Armenia to help victims of an earthquake. Mother Theresa, right, visits the Armenian Republican Committee for Peace in Yerevan.21.12.1988#6747520
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Mother Theresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Peace Prize winner, visits Armenia to help victims of an earthquake. Meeting with a young patient during a visit to a children's hospital in Yerevan.21.12.1988#6747514
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. An American cargo plane in the Zvartnots airport in Yerevan (today Zvartnots International Airport.15.12.1988#6600278
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Rescue equipment from East Germany to relieve the outcome of the earthquake, Zvartnots airport in Yerevan (today Zvartnots International Airport.15.12.1988#6600275
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. A flight operator in the Zvartnots airport in Yerevan (today Zvartnots International Airport manages the landing of foreign planes with humanitarian aid.15.12.1988#6600274
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Meeting a special plane from Ethiopia at Sheremetyevo Airport.15.12.1988#6594983
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. A horrible magnitude 10 earthquake on December 7, 1988, completely destroyed the city of Spitak and 80% of the second largest Armenian city, Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and towns in northern Armenia were also affected. Search and rescue operation in Leninakan.10.12.1988#6593145
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. A horrible 10 magnitude earthquake on December 7, 1988, completely destroyed the city of Spitak and destroyed 80% of the republic's second-largest city of Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and rural areas in northern Armenia were also affected. Blood Transfusion Station No. 1 in Leningrad prepares another batch of blood for the injured.10.12.1988#6593136
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. A horrible 10 magnitude earthquake on December 7, 1988, completely destroyed the city of Spitak and destroyed 80% of the republic's second-largest city of Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and rural areas in northern Armenia were also affected. Search and rescue operation in Leninakan.10.12.1988#6593132
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. A horrible 10 magnitude earthquake on December 7, 1988, completely destroyed the city of Spitak and destroyed 80% of the republic's second-largest city of Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and rural areas in northern Armenia were also affected. Food for Leninakan residents who lost their homes.10.12.1988#6593130
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. A horrible 10 magnitude earthquake on December 7, 1988, completely destroyed the city of Spitak and destroyed 80% of the republic's second-largest city of Leninakan (now Gyumri). Other cities and rural areas in northern Armenia were also affected. Search and rescue operation in Leninakan.10.12.1988#6593126
The outcome of the earthquake on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Sending donated blood from Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, for earthquake victims.10.12.1988#6594351
The outcome of the earthquake on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Blood donation point in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR.10.12.1988#6594349
Sending collapsible yurts from the Kazakh SSR to victims of the Spitak earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in the northwest of the Armenian SSR.10.12.1988#6594347
Sending collapsible yurts from the Kazakh SSR to victims of the Spitak earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in the northwest of the Armenian SSR.10.12.1988#6594346
The outcome of the earthquake on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Dispatching household appliances to victims from the airport of Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR.10.12.1988#6594345
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. An injured child is being treated at the Filatov Children's City Clinical Hospital in Moscow.10.12.1988#6594343
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. The injured are being examined by doctors at the Filatov Children's City Clinical Hospital in Moscow.10.12.1988#6594342
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. An injured child is being treated at the Filatov Children's City Clinical Hospital in Moscow.10.12.1988#6594341
Sending collapsible yurts from the Kazakh SSR to victims of the Spitak earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in the northwest of the Armenian SSR.10.12.1988#6594340
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Children evacuated from the ruined city of Spitak in Hotel Zvezda, Rostov-on-Don.10.12.1988#6594233
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Evacuating people from the completely destroyed Spitak.10.12.1988#6595668
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. Austrian rescuers in the completely destroyed Spitak.10.12.1988#6595664
The outcome of the earthquake that took place on December 7, 1988 in several northern regions of the Armenian SSR. The strength of the tremors at the epicenter exceeded 10 points. A search and rescue party from Algeria arrives at the Zvarnots Yerevan airport (today Zvarnots International Airport).10.12.1988#6599031
