A memorial plaque honoring Hero of the Soviet Union and Guards Lieutenant General Sergei Nilovsky (1906-1973) at 235-237 Oktyabrskoi Revolyutsii (October Revolution) Street in Kolomna, the Moscow Region. Nilovsky who commanded the 402nd Howitzer Artillery Regiment lived there until 1939.02.01.2023#8354722
The Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Leonov Secondary School No. 1, a municipal budgetary secondary education institution, in Zaraisk.01.01.2023#8353600
The Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Leonov Secondary School No. 1, a municipal budgetary secondary education institution, in Zaraisk.01.01.2023#8353599
Zaraisk, the Moscow Region. A memorial plaque on the wall of Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Leonov Secondary School No. 1 that housed a hospital for wounded Red Army soldiers during the Great Patriotic War.01.01.2023#8353598
Zaraisk, the Moscow Region. A memorial plaque on the wall of Secondary School No. 1 honors Soviet naval sailor and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Captain First Class Viktor Leonov who commanded detached reconnaissance units of the Northern and Pacific fleets.01.01.2023#8353597
Sailor shirt, peakless hat and portrait of Senior Lieutenant of the 384th independent naval infantry battalion of the Black Sea Fleet's Ochakovskaya naval base Konstantin Olshansky (1943). They are displayed at the exhibition "On the Road to Victory: Historical Sources Testify" in the State Central Museum of Russia's Modern History.17.02.2015#2574222
A roundtable discussion Future of Russian Space Exploration. A project of the Yuri Gagarin, a new space station. From left: Space pilot Georgy Grechko, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, talks with Iosif Davydov, president of the intentional foundation to support Russian space programs.09.04.2003#6491294
Celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 on Red Square, Moscow. Center: Marshal of the Soviet Union Viktor Kulikov.09.05.1995#6332494
Commander of Airborne Force Colonel General Yevgeny Podkolzin shows a new type of firearms during Russian President Boris Yeltsin's visit to an airborne troops unit.15.10.1993#6295987
Russian Defense Minister General Pavel Grachyov visits the 2nd Guard Taman Motor Rifle Division and 4th Kantemirovskaya Tank Division.10.10.1993#6292072
A naval base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Black Sea Fleet sailors at a checkpoint near the mooring station of the Black Sea Fleet.07.01.1992#8297299
Left: RSFSR President Boris Yeltsin visits Germany at the invitation of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl, November 21-23, 1991. The Russian President addresses the commandment of the Western Group of the Russian Armed Forces in Wuensdorf.23.11.1991#8234993
The visit by President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin, left, to the Federal Republic of Germany at the invitation of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl, November 21-23, 1991. Col. Gen. Matvey Burlakov, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Group of Forces of Russia's Armed Forces, makes a speech.23.11.1991#8234992
The visit by President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin to the Federal Republic of Germany at the invitation of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl, November 21-23, 1991. The command staff of the Western Group of Forces of Russia's Armed Forces listen to the president speak in Wunsdorf.23.11.1991#8234991
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: Performing funeral services over the remains of an unknown soldier delivered from a Murmansk Region battle site for burial near the Victory Monument.30.08.1991#8595622
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: Official ceremony of unveiling a monument to members of Arctic convoys who gave their lives during the Arctic Campaign, part of World War II, in a public square on Leningradskaya Street.29.08.1991#8595623
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: World War II veterans from the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom lay flowers at Victory Monument.29.08.1991#8595621
Official events marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied convoy Dervish that delivered strategic war materiel in the Soviet Union on August 31, 1941. From left: Dervish-91 Convoy Commander Vice Admiral Igor Kasatonov, Deputy Commander of the Soviet Northern Fleet, and Royal Navy rear Admiral Bruce Richardson meet on Krasnaya Pristan (Red Pier).28.08.1991#8595627
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: World War II veterans from the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom share their recollections.26.08.1991#8595630
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: World War II veterans from the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom share their recollections.26.08.1991#8595629
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: World War II veterans from the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom visited the Open-Air Wooden Architecture Museum, no the Maliye Korely Wooden Architecture Museum-Reserve in the Arkhangelsk Region.26.08.1991#8595626
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
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, 1987-1991. Talking after a battle.15.07.1991#6609807
USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov votes in the All-Union referendum on the preservation of the USSR.17.03.1991#8149100
A detachment of warships of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, consisting of the cruiser URO Princeton and the frigate URO Reuben James under the flag of Admiral Charles Robert Larson, Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet (left), visit Vladivostok (September 10-14, 1990). Right: Commander of the USSR Pacific Fleet Admiral Gennady Khvatov.12.09.1990#8314012
The Chernigov Region in the Ukrainian SSR. Soviet and foreign journalists who received permission to watch a tactical exercise involving Soviet Army units. Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel General Boris Gromov, Commander of the Kiev Military District's Forces, replies to journalists' questions.17.08.1990#8298387
Soviet and foreign journalists who received permission to be present in parts of the Soviet Army during tactical exercises. Commentary of a military specialist. Chernigov Region, Ukrainian SSR.17.08.1990#8298381
Colonel General Varfolomei Korobushin, Head, Center of Operational and Strategic Studies, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, DSc (Military Science), interviewed by journalist M. Lazanski from Danas magazine (Yugoslavia).02.06.1990#8414847
Colonel General Varfolomei Korobushin, Head, Center of Operational and Strategic Studies, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, DSc (Military Science).02.06.1990#8414846
Kaunas, the Lithuanian SSR. Commander of the Soviet Airborne Force Colonel General Vladislav Achalov hears a report during an official troop review in his honor.02.06.1990#8414841
Army General Vladimir Lobov, Chief of Staff of the Joint Armed Forces of Warsaw Pact States, meets with Dutch journalists.01.06.1990#8317110
Cadets learn to break bricks with their heads at the 242nd District Training Center of the Soviet Airborne Force in Kaunas, Lithuania.24.05.1990#8315760
The Lenin Komsomol and Two Orders of the Red Banner Ryazan Higher Airborne Troops Command School, now the Margelov Suvorov Order and Two Orders of the Red Banner Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School. Photo: The School's cadets show their unarmed combat skills.15.05.1990#6719561
A launch vehicle with the Soyuz TM-9 spacecraft at a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft's crew includes Pilot-Cosmonaut and Mission Commander Anatoly Solovyov and Flight Engineer Alexander Balandin.11.02.1990#6660694
Chief of Staff of the Belgian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Joseph Charlier, center, visits the USSR. The guest is welcomed by the cadets of the the Lenin Komsomol Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School (now Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Order of Suvorov twice Red Banner Command School). The head of the school, Lieutenant General Albert Slyusar, right.01.02.1990#6670323
Chief of Staff of the Belgian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Joseph Charlier, second right, visits the USSR. During the tour to the the Lenin Komsomol Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School (now Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Order of Suvorov twice Red Banner Command School). The head of the school, Lieutenant General Albert Slyusar, right, shows classrooms to the guest.01.02.1990#6670322
Chief of Staff of the Belgian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Joseph Charlier, center, visits the USSR. During the tour to the the Lenin Komsomol Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School (now Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Order of Suvorov twice Red Banner Command School). A hand-to-hand combat training in the school gym.01.02.1990#6670321
Chief of Staff of the Belgian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Joseph Charlier, second right, visits the USSR. During the tour to the the Lenin Komsomol Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School (now Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Order of Suvorov twice Red Banner Command School). The head of the school, Lieutenant General Albert Slyusar, second right, shows classrooms to the guest.01.02.1990#6670320
Chief of Staff of the Belgian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Joseph Charlier, second right, visits the USSR. During the tour to the the Lenin Komsomol Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School (now Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Order of Suvorov twice Red Banner Command School). The head of the school, Lieutenant General Albert Slyusar gives a souvenir to the guest.01.02.1990#6670319
The crew of the Soyuz TM-9 spacecraft and the Mir orbital station: flight engineer Alexander Balandin, USSR pilot cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Solovyov (center) and Deputy Head of the Cosmonaut Training Center, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Major General of Aviation, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Leonov (right).01.02.1990#8205348
A visit by General Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev to the Lithuanian SSR, January 11-13, 1990. Soviet servicemen, who worked in Lithuania, before the meeting.13.01.1990#6652014
The withdrawal of the air assault brigade of the USSR Armed Forces from the city of Bialogard, the Polish People's Republic. Commander of the air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of the USSR Colonel Vladimir Borodavkin at the lineup of personnel.01.12.1989#8218843
The withdrawal of the air assault brigade of the USSR Armed Forces from the city of Bialogard, the Polish People's Republic. Commander of the air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of the USSR Colonel Vladimir Borodavkin receives the report during the lineup of the personnel.01.12.1989#8218841
The withdrawal of the air assault brigade of the USSR Armed Forces from the city of Bialogard, the Polish People's Republic. Left: commander of the air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of the USSR Colonel Vladimir Borodavkin ahead of a lineup.01.12.1989#8218839
From left: Army General Mikhail Moiseyev, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces and First Soviet Defense Minister, and Corps general Hikmat Al-Shihabi, Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Arab Republic's Armed Forces, meet in Moscow.06.11.1989#6566946
Implementing the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed on December 8, 1987. Photo: Lieutenant Colonel I. Tchaikovsky, commander of a demolition team, helps eliminate the last missiles at the Saryozek testing site in the Kazakh SSR.27.10.1989#8171352
A visit by General Jaakko Valtanen, Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, to the USSR. The meeting with core members of the USSR-Finland Friendship Society, now Russia-Finland Friendship Society, at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's Reception House. 3rd right: Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev. 4th right: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova. 5th right: Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, General Jaakko Valtanen25.10.1989#6558227
A visit by General Jaakko Valtanen, Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, to the USSR. The meeting with core members of the USSR-Finland Friendship Society, now Russia-Finland Friendship Society, at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's Reception House. General Jaakko Valtanen presents the golden commemorative medal to Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, and Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev.25.10.1989#6558225
A visit by General Jaakko Valtanen, Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, to the USSR. The meeting with core members of the USSR-Finland Friendship Society, now Russia-Finland Friendship Society, at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's Reception House. From left: General Jaakko Valtanen, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, and Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev.25.10.1989#6558223
Major General Nikolai Staskov (38 years old, the youngest general in the USSR), heads the 242nd regional training center for junior paratrooper officers.01.10.1989#6549205
Major General Nikolai Staskov, Head of the 242nd District Center for Training Junior Specialists of the Soviet Airborne Force.01.09.1989#8211190
A memorial plaque for Ivan Bagramyan, two-time Hero of the Soviet Union and Soviet Marshal, on the building where he lived at 31 Sivtsev Vrazhek Street.01.08.1989#6639029
US warships arrived at the Sevastopol seaport for a goodwill mission. The Crimea, Ukraine. 1989.01.08.1989#765412
Pierre Darcourt, Editor-in-Chief of the largest French newspaper, Le Figaro, meets with member of the CPSU Central Committee, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev.22.06.1989#6744038
Members of a Norwegian military delegation visit the Soviet Union. A delegation member is inspecting the latest samples of Soviet weapons.20.03.1989#6641790
Members of a Norwegian military delegation visit the Soviet Union. Igor Kasatonov, First Deputy Commander of the Soviet Northern Fleet, speaks with Admiral Ule Thomesen, Commander of the North Norwegian Naval Force, and Norway's Military Attache to the USSR E. Thorgenen.20.03.1989#6641782
