A monument to Admiral Pavel Nakhimov in the center of Sevastopol near the Grafskaya Wharf on Nakhimov Square. Erected in 1959, sculptor Nikolai Tomsky, architects Alexander Arefyev and Mikhail Chesakov.27.07.1984#8767748
Captured weapons, a reminder of the fascist assault on Sevastopol in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. A slope of Sapun Hill.01.07.1984#474595
An official visit of King of Spain Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain to the USSR at the invitation of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Members of the Spanish delegation led by King Juan Carlos I walk along the Alley of Hero Cities in Alexander Garden during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.11.05.1984#8399415
King of Spain Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia pay official visit to Soviet Union at the invitation of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR. Center: King of Spain Juan Carlos I, the head of the Spanish delegation, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.11.05.1984#8399404
Zhuravli memorial complex in the Victory Park on Sokolovaya Gora in Saratov, a monument to the people of Saratov who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The memorial was unveiled in 1982; architect: Yury Menyakin. (On May 9, 1999, the Eternal Flame was lit in front of the memorial stone; memorial plaques with the carved names of Saratov residents - holders of the Order of Glory and Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of Russia, as well as busts of twice Heroes of the Soviet Union were installed along the Alley of Heroes).27.07.1983#6608901
The Hill of Glory Memorial in Lvov. The Grieving Motherland sculpture at a mass grave of Soviet soldiers killed in WWI and the Great Patriotic War when liberating Lvov from Nazi invaders in 1944.24.07.1983#8324118
Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky spent his last years living and working in Staraya Russa.10.09.1981#5965412
A visit by Muammar Gaddafi, leader of the Libyan revolutionary movement and leader of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to the USSR. Center: leader of the Libyan revolution, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow's Alexander Garden.28.04.1981#8809622
The Museum of Military Glory in the secondary school of the Krasnaya Polyana village.14.03.1981#8389719
The Glory Hill memorial complex in the Smolevichi District of the Belarusian SSR was created to commemorate the heroism of Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.27.07.1979#5862093
An Indonesian parliamentary delegation visits the USSR. Laying a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall.29.06.1979#8170282
French WWII veterans visit a Moscow secondary school. The meeting with Soviet veterans of the Great Patriotic War and school students at Moscow Secondary School No.16, where the Museum of Military Glory was opened. The guests are greeted at the bread and salt welcome ceremony.27.01.1979#8151675
French WWII veterans visit a Moscow secondary school. The meeting with Soviet veterans of the Great Patriotic War and school students at Moscow Secondary School No.16, where a Museum of Military Glory was opened.27.01.1979#8151674
Komsomol members and pioneers meet with veterans of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) by the Berezina River in the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.01.06.1974#5737248
First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Executive Committee Todor Zhivkov visited the memorial complex To the Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle, Volgograd. Todor Zhivkov, center, and delegation members lay a wreath in the hall of Military Glory, Mamayev Kurgan.01.08.1973#5718908
A delegation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria visits the USSR. Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Executive Committee Boris Velchev visited the memorial complex to the Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle. Boris Velchev, third right, and delegation members in the Hall of Military Glory on Mamayev Kurgan.01.08.1973#5718904
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War who defended the Pavlov House during 58 days of the Battle of Stalingrad.09.05.1972#5666049
The 5th All-Union Youth Convention of participants of Komsomol members and youth's tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people, held to mark the 100th birthday of Vladimir Lenin and the 25th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, August 5-10, 1970. Spectators watch the military reenactment game "Victory banner," which took place during the convention.07.08.1970#5997854
The 5th All-Union Youth Convention of participants of Komsomol members and youth's tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people, held to mark the 100th birthday of Vladimir Lenin and the 25th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, August 5-10, 1970. The convention program included the military reenactment game "Victory banner."07.08.1970#5997849
The 5th All-Union Youth Congress in Ulyanovsk, where Komsomol members and young people took a tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth and the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (August 5-10, 1970). Participants in the congress during a sports festival at a stadium.05.08.1970#5975393
The 5th All-Union Youth Congress in Ulyanovsk, where Komsomol members and young people took a tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth and the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (August 5-10, 1970). Participants in the congress during a Lenin Subbotnik cleanup event.05.08.1970#5975392
The 5th All-Union Youth Congress in Ulyanovsk, where Komsomol members and young people took a tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth and the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (August 5-10, 1970). Participant in the congress, Pedagogical Institute student Z. Abdukhatova.05.08.1970#5975386
The 5th All-Union Youth Congress in Ulyanovsk, where Komsomol members and young people took a tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth and the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (August 5-10, 1970). The sports festival at Lenin Komsomol Central Stadium (now Lev Yashin Trud Stadium).05.08.1970#5975385
The 5th All-Union Youth Congress in Ulyanovsk, where Komsomol members and young people took a tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth and the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (August 5-10, 1970). Participants in the congress during a cruise on Volga River.05.08.1970#5975384
The 5th All-Union Youth Congress in Ulyanovsk, where Komsomol members and young people took a tour around sites of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people. The event was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth and the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (August 5-10, 1970). The cycling competition, held as part of the congress program.05.08.1970#5975383
Victory Park in Staraya Russa in the Novgorod Region. In 1964, the Glory Monument was unveiled in the park's central section. It commemorates Soviet soldiers, killed while liberating Staraya Russa from Nazi German invaders. The monument was built to a design by sculptor A. N. Chernitsky and architects Y. M. Rappoport and P.i. Yushkantsev.25.07.1969#6659522
Leningrad city. The Arch of Triumph, part of the Main Headquarters (General Staff) building, consists of three inter-linked arches decorated with bas-reliefs and rimming the entrance to Palace Square from Nevsky Prospekt. The building was completed in 1819-1829 to a design by architect Carlo Rossi and sculptors Stepan Pimenov and Vasily Demut-Malinovsky.04.04.1968#6083269
Ceremonial unveiling of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial by the Moscow Kremlin walls in the Alexander Garden, on May 8, 1967. The eternal flame was lit up from the flame on the Mars Field in Leningrad and delivered to Moscow in an armored vehicle. Since 1997, Guard Post No. 1 has been located by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Attendees, from right: Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, Nikolai Podgorny, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, and Mikhail Suslov, Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee.08.05.1967#6433640
The Nuremberg Trials were international trials of the former leaders of Nazi Germany, which took place from 20 November 1945 to 1 October 1946 at the International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. Reception at the home of the Soviet delegation in Nuremberg to celebrate Soviet Army and Navy Day on 23 February 1946. From left: Sir Geoffrey Lawrence, Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Chairman of the International Nuremberg Tribunal, representative of the Soviet press Konstantin Fedin, war correspondent for the Pravda newspaper Boris Polevoi, member of the International Military Tribunal from the USSR, judge of the Supreme Court of the USSR Ion Nikitchenko and assistant prosecutor from the USSR at the Nuremberg Trials Lev Sheinin.23.02.1946#8742745
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
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
Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. 3rd Byelorussian Front. Soldiers decorated with orders.23.06.1944#5728507