Medalists in the skiathlon's 7.5-kilometer classic and 7.5-kilometer free race in the women’s cross country skiing at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, from left: silver medalist Charlotte Kalla (Sweden); gold medalist Marit Bjorgen (Norway) and bronze medalist Heidi Weng (Norway).08.02.2014#2362100
The Japanese U18 football team players at the awarding ceremony for the winners of the U18 Granatkin Memorial Cup's final match between Russia and Japan.12.01.2014#2347614
The Japanese U18 football team players at the awarding ceremony for the winners of the U18 Granatkin Memorial Cup's final match between Russia and Japan.12.01.2014#2347609
Medalists in the women’s 10m platform diving competition at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan, during the medal ceremony, from left: China's Xia Yuhua ( silver), Russia's Yulia Koltunova (gold) and China's Chen Ni (bronze).08.07.2013#2222284
Medalists in the men’s eights at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan during the medal ceremony, from left: Russia's Lev Grytsenko, Viktor Misyutkin,Rotislav Drozhzhachikh, Georgy Efremenko, Ivan Balandin, Nikolai Balandin, Anton Zarutskiy, Daniil Andrienko and Pavel Safonkin (gold).08.07.2013#2221909
Russia's Alexander Chaukin, right, and Yury Pchenichnikov, winners of the gold medals in the men’s coxless pairs at the 27th World University Summer Games during the medal ceremony.08.07.2013#2221848
Medalits in men’s belt wrestling in the 100 kg division at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan, during the medal ceremony, from left: Ukraine's Aleander Gordienko (silver), Mongolia's Sugardzhargal Boldpurev (gold), Kyrgyzstan's Bekbolsun Kushubakov (bronze) and Turkmenistan's Murat Dzhumayev.07.07.2013#2221809
Medal ceremony in the team badminton at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.07.07.2013#2219896
Medalists in the men's team badminton at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan during the medal ceremony.07.07.2013#2219651
Tobias Frantsmann, Stephan Vallat, Daniel Visgott, Lasse Antchak, Germany (gold medals) after the medal ceremony.07.07.2013#2218856
Russian club Yewara Newa (St. Petersburg) beat the French club Saint Genevieve Sports 7-3 and won the Judo European Championships for Clubs for the seventh time.06.11.2010#796370
Russian club Yewara Newa (St. Petersburg) beat the French club Saint Genevieve Sports 7-3 and won the Judo European Championships for Clubs for the seventh time.06.11.2010#796372
Russian club Yewara Newa (St. Petersburg) beat the French club Saint Genevieve Sports 7-3 and won the Judo European Championships for Clubs for the seventh time.06.11.2010#796371
WWII veterans attending a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to Normandie-Niemen squadron pilots in Moscow.08.05.2010#645753
WWII veterans attending a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to Normandie-Niemen squadron pilots in Moscow.08.05.2010#645752
April 26, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, and his spouse Svetlana with WWII veterans during the medal awarding ceremony at the Norwegian Museum of Armed Forces. Third from right: King Harald V of Norway.26.04.2010#637621
Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway won three gold medals ( for sprint, pursuit and individual race) at the Biathlon World Championship. All together, it was his 13th victory of his career at world championships.17.02.2009#374522
Maxim Tchoudov of Russia, who won the silver for the 12.5-km Pursuit and Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway (from left to right) with three gold medals ( for sprint, pursuit and individual race).17.02.2009#374521
Maxim Tchoudov of Russia, who won the silver for the 12.5-km Pursuit and Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway (from left to right) with three gold medals ( for sprint, pursuit and individual race).17.02.2009#374520
Maxim Tchoudov of Russia won the silver for the 12.5-km Pursuit at the Biathlon Worls Championship.17.02.2009#374519
Russia's Yevgeny Lukyanenko winning silver in pole vault at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.23.08.2008#333658
Russia's Islambek Albiev won his gold medal in the 60 kilogram greco-roman wrestling final competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.12.08.2008#329861
Unveiling of the Alley of Russian Heroes in Gorky Park, dedicated to the personnel involved in countering organized crime and killed in line of duty. Planting trees in honor of fallen fellow officers.17.09.2003#6494764
Russian Minister of Healthcare Yury Chevchenko presents medical workers with government awards and medals For Merit to National Healthcare.03.09.2003#6494625
Ekho of Moscow radio host Yulia Mosiyenko receives the Medal for Contribution to Russian Census.23.07.2003#6494502
Presenting state prizes to Russian cultural workers at the Russian Ministry of Culture.25.06.2003#6494420
Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov awards the men's rugby team that won the competitions. Moscow Region, Shchyolkovo District,township Monino.08.04.2003#3060577
Moscow. Celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. From left: Russian Army service personnel, Captain Alexei Golovanov and First Lieutenant Nikolai Bespamyatnov received the Orders of Courage for their fortitude, bravery and valor displayed during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus region.23.02.2001#8471982
Moscow. Celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Corporal Dmitry Rychkov of the Russian Army was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for hi heroic feat during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus region. Galina Rychkova, the mother of Dmitry Rychkov, received the Gold Star Medal.23.02.2001#8471981
The Lomonosov Moscow State University chancellor Viktor Sadovnichy (left) hands a medal of Moscow University's Honorable doctor to the chairman of the Russian Federation State Duma Ivan Rybkin. The annual awards ceremony at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.01.01.1996#427663
The Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg (July 23-August 7, 1994). Foreground: Finnish swimmer Jani Sievinen wins bronze during the medley swimming event.01.08.1994#6311172
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the USSR Herbert Grubmayr, right, during the ceremony to present state decorations to Great Patriotic War veterans Yakov Starchevsky, left, and Herman Ostroumov, second left.01.11.1990#8338855
European Figure Skating Championship winners in pair dancing, from left: Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov (silver), Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (gold), Natalya Mishkutenko and Artur Dmitriyev (bronze).25.01.1990#483076
The official visit of a delegation of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the USSR. President of Brazil Jose Sarney, center, after receiving the diploma of Honorary Doctor of Moscow State University from Lomonosov Moscow State University Rector and Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Anatoly Logunov, first row second right.18.10.1988#8312786
Presenting the 70th Anniversary of the USSR Armed Forces Medals to the military personnel who demonstrated valor during the Afghan War.01.10.1988#8208083
Members of the Soviet-Bulgarian space crew from left: Spaceman researcher K. Stoyanov, spaceman researcher A. Alexandrov, the USSR spaceman, Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Solovyov (1946) and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Savinykh (1940) receiving state awards at Moscow's Kremlin.24.06.1988#624970
Crew members of space ship "Soyuz TM-2" (from left): The USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexandr Laveikin (born in 1951), The USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Levchenko (born in 1941), commander, the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, two times Hero of the Soviet Union Yuri Romanenko (born in 1944) and The USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexandr Alexandrov (born in 1943) after receiving State Awards of the USSR in the kremlin.18.01.1988#627250
Crew members of space ship "Soyuz TM-2" (from lright): The USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Levchenko (born in 1941), the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexandr Laveikin (born in 1951), the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexandr Alexandrov (born in 1943) and commander, the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, two times Hero of the Soviet Union Yuri Romanenko (born in 1944) after receiving State Awards of the USSR in the kremlin.18.01.1988#627249
Mother Teresa, superior of the Catholic Order of Charity and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, during a speech of gratitude after receiving the Fighter for Peace gold medal from the Soviet Peace Committee, chaired by journalist and writer Genrikh Borovik.24.08.1987#8576654
Joint Soviet-Syrian flight of the Soyuz TM-3 spacecraft (July 22-30, 1987). From left: Syrian cosmonaut-researcher Muhammad Faris, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, crew commander Alexander Viktorenko and backup cosmonaut from Syria Munir Habib after the ceremony of presenting government awards in the Kremlin.01.08.1987#8562115
Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann speaks after he was awarded the International Lenin Prize "For Strengthening Friendship Among Nations."16.06.1987#8298327
Fifth European Athletics and Swimming Cup for Visually Impaired Athletes in Moscow. Olimpiisky swimming pool. Award ceremony for 200 meters breaststroke, from left: Van Puyvalde (Belgium), Serensen (Norway), Shipovalov (USSR).01.06.1987#5765330
Center: Great Patriotic War veteran Umar Tairov at the funeral of a fellow soldier in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR.10.05.1987#8553388
Fifth right: Great Patriotic War veteran Umar Tairov at the funeral of a fellow soldier in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR.10.05.1987#8553385
State prizes awarded to prominent members of the Soviet public in the Kremlin. Front center: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium. Next to him on the left: National Artist of the USSR Yury Nikulin.07.11.1986#6674735
International Rugby Tournament for the prize of the Soviet Sport newspaper, in Moscow. Match between the national teams of the Soviet Union and Romania. The Soviet national team won 19-0.17.08.1986#6440613
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Weightlifting competitions at the Izmailovo Sports Palace. From left: Winners and medalists in the 100 kg weight category: Nicu Vlad (Romania, sliver medal in two exercises), Ruslan Balayev (Soviet Union, gold medal) and Petr Krukowski (Polish People' Republic, bronze medal).20.07.1986#8843797
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Weightlifting competitions at the Izmailovo Sports Palace. Winners and medalists in the 110 kg-plus weight category. Center: Leonid Taranenko (Soviet Union), second place. Left: Alexander Gunyashev (Soviet Union), second place. Right: Robert Skolimowski (Polish People's Republic), third place, on the pedestal of honor.20.07.1986#8843788
Soviet judoist Igor Shkarin, Goodwill Games champion (-70kg). Druzhba Sports Center.20.07.1986#807787
The grand opening of the Europe, Asia, Africa exhibition by Honored Artist of the RSFSR Boris Preobrazhensky, right, in Moscow.21.02.1986#8333780
The State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. People's Artist of the USSR, chairman of the jury and artistic director of the 5th International Contest of Ballet Dancers (1985) Yury Grigorovich during the awards ceremony for the contest winners. In the photo: Georgian ballet dancer, Bolshoi Theater soloist and contest winner, gold medalist Nina Ananiashvili and ballet soloist, silver medal winner Andris Liepa (wearing white suit).24.04.1985#5477981
The 10th Winter Spartakiad of Friendly Armies in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, February 23 - March 2, 1985. Vladimir Sakhnov, member of the Soviet national cross-country skiing team.23.02.1985#8951562
The "Druzhba'84" international competitions. Canada's Steven Fleckenstein and Robert Moore, the bronze medalists in the star class yacht racing. Tallinn, Estonia.01.08.1984#803718
The 19th Individual Speedway World Championship, which took place at Grand Sports Arena of Lenin Central Stadium (now Grand Sports Arena of Luzhniki Sports Complex), February 17-18, 1984. The championship medalists during the medal ceremony, from left: silver medalist Vladimir Sukhov, gold medalist Erik Stenlund (Sweden), and bronze medalist Yury Ivanov.18.02.1984#8212562
Winners of the 9th National Contest of Machine Milking Masters, Lenin Collective Farm of the Novomoskovsk District, Tula Region.15.08.1983#6631993
A delegation of the Czechoslovak SSR pays an official friendly visit to the Soviet Union. Martin Dzur, Minister of National Defense of Czechoslovakia, member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and army general, lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.07.07.1983#8414019
A delegation of the Czechoslovak SSR pays an official friendly visit to the Soviet Union. Front center: Martin Dzur, Minister of National Defense of Czechoslovakia, member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and army general, and Pyotr Lushev, Commander of the Moscow Military District Forces, left, with members of the delegation visit the Vladimir Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow.07.07.1983#8414018
An official visit by Nikolai Tikhonov, Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, to the Hellenic Republic. The ceremony to award Nikolai Tikhonov with the Athens Municipality Gold Medal of Honor.01.02.1983#8177974
Awarding USSR high state prizes for special merits in the sphere of labor, science, and culture in the Kremlin. Sitting, from the left: People's Artist of the USSR Tatyana Doronina, First Deputy Chair of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Vasily Kuznetsov, World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and People's Artist of the RSFSR, composer Yevgeny Zharkovsky.20.12.1981#6701878
On the podium: Irina Devina (winner), Irina Deryugina (silver medalist), and Irina Gabashvili (bronze medalist). International Rhythmic Gymnastics competition. The Druzhba sports hall.01.05.1981#495772
