Official events marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied convoy Dervish that delivered strategic war materiel in the Soviet Union on August 31, 1941. Photo: City residents welcome World War II veterans from the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom on Krasnaya Pristan (Red Pier).26.08.1991#8595625
Official events marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied convoy Dervish that delivered strategic war materiel in the Soviet Union on August 31, 1941. Photo: This London-class heavy cruiser served with long-range escort forces during the Arctic Campaign, part of World War II.26.08.1991#8595624
An international meeting of veterans from anti-Hitler coalition member countries. Soldiers of the Moscow Garrison are seen passing in front of the meeting participants.12.05.1991#8197270
An international meeting of veterans from anti-Hitler coalition member countries in Brest, Belorussian SSR. A participant of the defense of the Brest Fortress in June 1941.10.05.1991#8197272
An international meeting of veterans from anti-Hitler coalition member countries in Brest, Belorussian SSR.10.05.1991#8197269
Professor Mikhail Zakharov, doctor of legal sciences, a member of the presidium of the 3rd (Extraordinary) Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation, speaking at the Congress. The Kremlin. March 1991.28.03.1991#849762
The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991). Oil deposits in Kuwait on fire because of the occupation of the Kuwaiti territories by Iraqi troops.17.01.1991#6361042
Visit of the Italian delegation to the USSR in order to investigate the mass executions by the Germans of Italian servicemen in the Lysenitsky forest of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, who refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during the Second World War of 1939-1945. Deputy Defense Minister of Italy Tommaso Bisagno answers journalists' questions.22.07.1987#5626556
Visit of the Italian delegation to the USSR in order to investigate the mass executions by the Germans of Italian servicemen in the Lysenitsky forest of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, who refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during the Second World War of 1939-1945. Center: Witness to the murders Roman Zakharchuk shows the place of execution to Italian Ambassador to the USSR Sergio Romano (left) and Deputy Defense Minister Tommas Bisagno (second from right).22.07.1987#5626323
Visit of the Italian delegation to the USSR in order to investigate the mass executions by the Germans of Italian servicemen in the Lysenitsky forest of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, who refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during the Second World War of 1939-1945. From left: Italian Ambassador to the USSR Sergio Romano and Deputy Minister of Defense Tommaso Bisagno and other delegates at a meeting with a witness to the murders Adolf Wislovsky (center of the table).22.07.1987#5626322
Visit of the Italian delegation to the USSR in order to investigate the mass executions by the Germans of Italian servicemen in the Lysenitsky forest of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, who refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during the Second World War of 1939-1945. Left: Italian Ambassador to the USSR Sergio Romano and Deputy Defense Minister Tommaso Bisagno (second right) at the site of the tragedy.22.07.1987#5626321
The last road of the Italian regiment, whose fighters refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during World War II of 1939-1945 and were shot in the Lisenitsky forest on the outskirts of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR.01.02.1987#8482007
The building of the headquarters of the Retrovo-Italiano Italian garrison, whose fighters refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during World War II of 1939-1945 and were shot in the Lisenitsky forest on the outskirts of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR.01.02.1987#8482006
The Lisenitsky forest on the outskirts of Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, is one of the sites of mass executions by the Germans of Italian military personnel who refused to cooperate with the Wehrmacht during World War II, 1939-1945.01.02.1987#8482005
Soviet and British veterans of World War II (1939-1945) meet with students of the Murmansk Pedagogical Institute, now Murmansk Arctic State University. .05.11.1986#5915397
Ivan Samchuk, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Guard Colonel, former Chief of Staff of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps, participant in the historic meeting of the Soviet and American armies on the Elbe River on April 25, 1945. Ivan Samchuk with his granddaughters at a country house.30.06.1985#8782633
Veterans from USA and Vietnam. International meeting of veterans of World War II, representatives of anti-Hitler coalition states, veterans of anti-fascist liberation struggle, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Victory of fascism.01.05.1985#846056
Meeting hall. International meeting of veterans of World War II, representatives of anti-Hitler coalition states, veterans of anti-fascist liberation struggle, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Victory of fascism.01.05.1985#846055
Participants of th meeting in Star City named after L.I.Brezhnev. International meeting of veterans of World War II, representatives of anti-Hitler coalition states, veterans of anti-fascist liberation struggle, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Victory of fascism.01.05.1985#846054
Veternas laying wreaths to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall. International meeting of veterans of World War II, representatives of anti-Hitler coalition states, veterans of anti-fascist liberation struggle, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Victory of fascism.01.05.1985#846053
Veterans visiting Central museum of Armed Forces of the USSR. International meeting of veterans of World War II, representatives of anti-Hitler coalition states, veterans of anti-fascist liberation struggle, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Victory of fascism.01.05.1985#846052
Ivan Samchuk, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Guard Colonel, former Chief of Staff of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps, participant in the historic meeting of the Soviet and American armies on the Elbe River on April 25, 1945.25.04.1985#8782626
Three times Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Air Force, President of the USSR Voluntary Association for Assistance to Army, Air Force and Navy, Deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet Alexander Pokryshkin (1913-1985).01.07.1974#840531
Three times Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Air Force, President of the USSR Voluntary Association for Assistance to Army, Air Force and Navy, Deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet Alexander Pokryshkin (1913-1985).01.07.1974#840530
The Arab-Israeli War of 1973-1974. The Syrian Arab Republic. Homs power station destroyed by Israel bombing.01.01.1974#5502239
The Warsaw Pact. Joint exercises of the armies of the member-states. Automatic antitank gun on the way to firing position.01.04.1965#5482273
Prime Minister of the coalition government of Laos Souvanna Phouma, left, tours First Moscow Watch Plant during his visit Moscow.19.02.1963#6172109
Uzbek Delegation of the Democratic Forces National Coalition visit Moscow. Meeting on the airfield. People's Artist of the USSR Tamara Khanum in the center.26.09.1954#3325214
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Members of delegations, navy officers from the US and Britain touring the sites of recent fierce fighting on Malakhov Kurgan Mound in Sevastopol.09.11.1945#8571935
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Members of the conference delegations, navy officers from the United States and Great Britain, visiting the Museum-Reserve of the Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol. The delegation participants examining an defense gun from the Crimean War of 1853-1855.09.11.1945#8571523
The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Military commander Vasily Sokolovsky, left, and Special Adviser to the US President Harry Hopkins, on the right, during a meeting in Berlin.07.06.1945#5479869
People of Prague welcoming soldiers of Czechoslovak corps. Czechoslovakia. The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Second World War. Reproduction. Archives of the Museum of Soviet Army.11.05.1945#628079
People of Prague welcoming Soviet troops. The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Second World War. Reproduction.10.05.1945#628087
People of Prague greeting soldiers of Czechoslovak corps. Czechoslovakia. The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Second World War. Reproduction.10.05.1945#628089
Greeting of Soviet troops in Prague. The Great patriotic War of 1941-1945. Scond World War. Reproduction. Archives of the Museum of Soviet Army.10.05.1945#628085
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. After the conference, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British officers accompanying him visited the English Military Cemetery, the resting place of British soldiers and officers who fought in the Crimean War of 1854-1855, including Churchill's ancestors,the Dukes of Marlborough. Winston Churchill at the tomb of an unknown man.13.02.1945#8572108
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. After the Yalta Conference, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (center) and British officers accompanying him visited Balaklava and Sevastopol to monuments related to the Crimean War. The British delegation on the seafront of Balaklava.13.02.1945#8571893
Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Yalta Conference of the leaders of the three countries of the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, US and Great Britain (February 4-11, 1945), dedicated to the establishment of the postwar world order. Members of the British delegation during a visit to Sapun Mountain in Sevastopol. Center: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on Sapun Mountain listens to an English officer's explanations about the Battle of Balaklava in 1854.09.02.1945#8570471
Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Yalta Conference of the leaders of the three countries of the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, US and Great Britain (February 4-11, 1945), dedicated to the establishment of the post-war world order. Members of the conference delegations, naval sailors from the US and Great Britain during a visit to the Malakhov Kurgan in Sevastopol.09.02.1945#8570206
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. US and British navy officers who participated in the conference visiting the Panorama at the Defense of Sevastopol 1854-1855 Museum on Istorichesky Boulevard in Sevastopol.09.02.1945#8572157
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Members of the delegations accompanying the conference participants, navy officers from the US and Britain examining a German tank hit during a street battle in Sevastopol.09.02.1945#8571805
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Conference participants, US officers visiting the Black Sea Fleet cruiser Voroshilov in Sevastopol's South Bay.06.02.1945#8570295
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Conference participants, US and British officers visiting the Black Sea Fleet cruiser Voroshilov in Sevastopol's South Bay. The delegation members examining the cruiser's radio antenna systems.06.02.1945#8571691
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Conference participants, US and British officers examining the Black Sea Fleet cruiser Voroshilov's torpedo equipment in Sevastopol's South Bay.06.02.1945#8571650
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Conference participants, US and British officers visiting the Black Sea Fleet cruiser Voroshilov in Sevastopol's South Bay.06.02.1945#8571621
The Yalta (Crimea) conference of the allied states on February 4-11, 1945. Soviet People's Commissioner of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov, second left, meets with US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, right.05.02.1945#3090812
Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Yalta Conference of the leaders of the three countries of the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, USA and Great Britain (February 4-11, 1945), dedicated to the establishment of the post-war world order. Meeting of the heads of allied countries at the Saki military airfield near Simferopol. People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Vyacheslav Molotov (second left), British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (second right) and US President Franklin Roosevelt (ninth right) during the performance of national anthems at Saki airport.04.02.1945#8570361
Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Yalta Conference of the leaders of the three countries of the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, US and Great Britain (February 4-11, 1945), dedicated to the establishment of the post-war world order. Meeting of the heads of allied countries at the Saki military airfield near Simferopol. Passing the guard of honor in front of the conference participants.04.02.1945#8570242
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. A welcome ceremony for the foreign delegations at Saki Airport outside Simferopol.04.02.1945#8572188
Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Yalta Conference of the Heads of Government of the Three Allied Powers. February 4-11, 1945. Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrei Vyshinsky and others arrived at the Simferopol airfield for a meeting of the leaders of the USSR, USA and Great Britain. Center: Vyacheslav Molotov talks with Admiral of the USSR Fleet Nikolai Kuznetsov, right.04.02.1945#8570176
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. Welcome ceremony for the heads of allied countries at the Saki military airfield outside Simferopol. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the national anthems at Saki.04.02.1945#8571740
Soviet leader Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin at the Yalta (Crimea) Conference of the leaders of the USSR, the USA and the UK in Livadia Palace, 4-11 February, 1945.04.02.1945#5704069
Soviet leader Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin and Foreign Miinster of the USSR Vyacherslav Molotov at the Yalta (Crimea) Conference of the leaders of the USSR, the USA and the UK in Livadia Palace, 4-11 February, 1945.04.02.1945#5704070
Soviet leader Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin and Foreign Miinster of the USSR Vyacherslav Molotov at the Yalta (Crimea) Conference of the leaders of the USSR, the USA and the UK in Livadia Palace, 4-11 February, 1945.04.02.1945#5704071
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945, a meeting where the three leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain, made important decisions regarding the postwar world. After the Yalta Conference, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (center) and British officers accompanying him visited Balaklava and Sevastopol to monuments related to the Crimean War. The British delegation on the seafront of Balaklava.04.02.1945#8571576
The Yalta (Crimea) conference of the allied states on February 4-11, 1945. First row , sitting: Great Britain's Prime-Minister Winston Churchil, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Marshal of the USSR Joseph Stalin before a meeting. Standing, from right: British Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden, US State Secretary Edward Stettinius, US commander Omar Nelson Bradley, Soviet People's Commissioner of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov.04.02.1945#3090809
