His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, known as Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, 1989 Nobel Prize winner, visits the Soviet Union. The Latin word "Pax" on the flag means "peace, or lack of war." Kalmykian Soviet Socialist Republic.28.07.1991#8329304
His Holiness Dalai Lama XIV attends a reception in a city hall during his visit to Estonia.25.07.1991#8231678
Celebrating 250th anniversary of officially recognizing Buddhism in Russia. Photo: His Holiness Dalai XIV conducts a divine service at Ivolginsky Datsan (Monastery) in the Buryat ASSR.14.07.1991#8235860
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of officially recognizing Buddhism in Russia. Photo: His Holiness Dalai XIV talks to Buddhists at Ivolginsky Datsan (Monastery) in the Buryat ASSR.14.07.1991#8235857
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of officially recognizing Buddhism in Russia. Right: His Holiness Dalai XIV talks to Buddhists at Ivolginsky Datsan (Monastery) in the Buryat ASSR.14.07.1991#8235852
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of officially recognizing Buddhism in Russia. Photo: His Holiness Dalai XIV talks to Buddhists at Ivolginsky Datsan (Monastery) in the Buryat ASSR.14.07.1991#8235850
Memorial rally for academician Andrei Sakharov on his 70th birthday, on May 21, 1991, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.21.05.1991#6610246
A photo exhibition organized by the Izvestia journal of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now Izvestia of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and marking Andrei Sakharov's 70th anniversary. Andrei Sakharov's daughter Tatyana at the opening of the exhibition.21.05.1991#6610242
Russian Orthodox priest Gleb Yakunin speaks at a memorial rally for academician Andrei Sakharov on his 70th birthday, on May 21, 1991, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.21.05.1991#6610240
The 2nd Congress of USSR People's Deputies (December 12-24, 1989). Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, speaks.22.12.1989#6645384
Bidding farewell to Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, prominent public figure, three-time Hero of Socialist Labor, Nobel Peace Prize winner, USSR people's deputy. Flowers and candles outside a building on Chkalov Street in Moscow. December 18, 1989.18.12.1989#6644919
Bidding farewell to Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, prominent public figure, three-time Hero of Socialist Labor, Nobel Peace Prize winner, USSR people's deputy. Youth Palace in Moscow. December 18, 1989.18.12.1989#6644916
General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev at the 2nd Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, Moscow. December 1989.12.12.1989#854847
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 2nd right, People's Deputy of the USSR and academician Andrei Sakharov, right, and People's Deputy of the USSR and Rector of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives (now Russian State University for the Humanities) Yury Afanasyev, left, during the celebratory dinner.24.11.1989#6630472
Andrei Sakharov, Soviet theoretical physicist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and one of the creators of the Soviet H-bomb, at a rally in Luzhniki.29.05.1989#8175346
Soviet theoretical physicist Andrei Sakharov, one of the designers of the firs Soviet hydrogen bomb, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, attends the First Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, May 25 - June 9, 1989.25.05.1989#6610243
Mikhail Kotov, executive secretary of the Soviet Peace Committee, reciting poetry at a public event held to mark the 60th birthday of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).12.07.1964#739546
