Moscow, Russia. A participant in a rally marking the 26th anniversary of August 1991 events near a monument to Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov who were killed during an abortive coup in the Soviet capital.22.08.2017#3175331
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking the 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175324
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking the 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175325
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175315
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175320
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175318
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175327
Moscow, Russia. A participant in a rally marking the 26th anniversary of August 1991 events holds kittens.22.08.2017#3175328
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175329
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events.22.08.2017#3175319
Moscow, Russia. A participant in a rally marking the 26th anniversary of August 1991 events holds kittens.22.08.2017#3175330
Moscow, Russia. Participants in a rally marking 26th anniversary of August 1991 events near a monument to Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov who were killed during an abortive coup in the Soviet capital.22.08.2017#3175317
Celebration of the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation. Participants of the rally with the Russian flag in front of the Rossiya Hotel in Moscow.22.08.1999#8892640
The State Committee for State of Emergency case hearings at the Russian Supreme Court (April 14, 1993-May 6, 1994). The trial focused on the abortive August 1991 coup aiming to prevent the breakup of the Soviet Union and the signing of the Union Treaty. Photo: Anatoly Lukyanov, the last Speaker of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament) until September 1991 who sided with the State Committee for the State of Emergency, before the courtroom battle.06.05.1994#6307981
The State Committee for State of Emergency case hearings at the Russian Supreme Court (April 14, 1993-May 6, 1994). The trial focused on the abortive August 1991 coup aiming to prevent the breakup of the Soviet Union and the signing of the Union Treaty. Photo: Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in the courtroom during the trial. Members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency opposed Gorbachev's perestroika policy.06.05.1994#6307978
Moscow. Concert Rock on the Barricades near the House of Russian Soviets, now the Russian Government House, on the first anniversary of defeating the State Committee for the State of Emergency.28.08.1992#6739885
Moscow. Concert Rock on the Barricades near the House of Russian Soviets, now the Russian Government House, on the first anniversary of defeating the State Committee for the State of Emergency.28.08.1992#6740031
Rally near the Gorky Park in Moscow, organized by the Labor Russia movement to protest against President Boris Yeltsin's policies.26.08.1992#3216412
Rally near the Gorky Park in Moscow, organized by the Labor Russia movement to protest against President Boris Yeltsin's policies.26.08.1992#3216411
Russian Supreme Soviet first deputy chairman Sergei Filatov, left, meeting with relatives of Dmitry Komar, Vladimir Usov and Ilya Krichevsky, civilians killed in street confrontations while defending the government building in Moscow on August 20, 1991 during the coup attempt.01.08.1992#432777
A commemorative picture by artist / icon painter Mikhail Safronov honoring Vladimir Usov, Ilya Krichevsky and Dmitry Komar who were killed on August 21, 1991 in a tunnel on Moscow's Garden Ring during the abortive August putsch.01.05.1992#8264967
Rally outside the "Matrosskaya Tishina" prison where prisoners in the GKChP State Emergency Committee case are held. The rally organizer is the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Zhirinovsky.07.12.1991#786435
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union Vladimir Zhirinovsky (in rear) at a rally outside the "Matrosskaya Tishina" prison where the men in the case of the State Emergency Committee are held.07.12.1991#786434
Presentation of the book The August Putsch: Causes and Consequences by President of the Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev at a news conference for Russian and foreign journalists.12.11.1991#6377859
Remembering heroic defenders of the Russian Parliament. Memorial services in honor of Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov, killed in a Garden Ring underpass during the abortive August 1991 coup.29.09.1991#6368254
Remembering heroic defenders of the Russian Parliament. Moscow residents walk toward a Garden Ring underpass where Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov, killed in during the abortive August 1991 coup.29.09.1991#6368252
Remembering heroic defenders of the Russian Parliament. Moscow residents attend memorial services in honor of Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov, killed in a Garden Ring underpass during the abortive August 1991 coup.29.09.1991#6368245
Remembering heroic defenders of the Russian Parliament. Moscow residents lay flowers at portraits of Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov, killed in a Garden Ring underpass during the abortive August 1991 coup.29.09.1991#6368244
Lawyer Alexei Galoganov, defender of former USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov on the case of the State Committee for the State of Emergency (GKChP).20.09.1991#5559780
On the set of the Soviet-American feature film Three Days in August about the August 1991 coup. Directed by Jan Jung (Denmark).20.09.1991#8232887
On the set of the Soviet-American feature film Three Days in August about the August 1991 coup. Directed by Jan Jung (Denmark).20.09.1991#8232881
News conference with lawyers on the State Committee on State of Emergency case at the Cetral House of Journalists in Moscow. from left: Yury Borovkov, Alexander Kligman, Alexei Gloganv, joiurnalist Pvel Gutiontov, Yury Ivanov and Alexander Gofshtein.20.09.1991#6365732
A member of the crew of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship Tallinn. The ship's crew supported the Russian Government during the August 1991 coup.10.09.1991#8233977
Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.07.09.1991#8238542
Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, studies documents.07.09.1991#8238538
Fourth from left: Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov at a press conference of the commission of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR to investigate the causes and circumstances of the coup d'état in the USSR in August 1991.06.09.1991#8236527
Members of the commission of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR to investigate the causes and circumstances of the coup d'état in the USSR in August 1991 withdraw materials from the archives of the Military Publishing House of the USSR Ministry of Defense.06.09.1991#8236526
Meeting of the commission of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR to investigate the causes and circumstances of the coup d'état in the USSR in August 1991.06.09.1991#8236524
Right: Vladimir Shcherbakov, Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Labor and Social Issues, at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8236519
Center: Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, studies documents.06.09.1991#8236518
Second right: Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, talks to colleagues/06.09.1991#8238612
Members of the Parliamentary Commission for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August Putsch in August 1991.06.09.1991#8238543
Left: Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, at a meeting.06.09.1991#8238541
A member of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union confiscates materials from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238540
Right: Vladimir Shcherbakov, Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Labor and Social Issues, at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8238539
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union with materials, confiscated from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238537
Vladimir Shcherbakov, Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Labor and Social Issues, at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8238536
Acting Soviet Prime Minister Vitaly Doguzhiyev at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8238535
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union confiscate materials from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238534
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union at the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238533
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union confiscate materials from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238532
The RSFSR Supreme Soviet Commission on USSR Attempted Coup Investigation, probing the attempted coup in August 1991. Members of the commission during a meeting.06.09.1991#8285286
The Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Aftermath of the Abortive August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union. Photo: Commission members confiscate materials from the archive of the Military Publishing House of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8285283
The RSFSR Supreme Soviet Commission on USSR Attempted Coup Investigation, probing the attempted coup in August 1991. Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov, fourth left, during a news conference.06.09.1991#8285280
The Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Aftermath of the Abortive August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union. Right: Acting First Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR Vladimir Shcherbakov, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, at a meeting.06.09.1991#8285266
The Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Consequences of an Abortive Coup in the Soviet Union in August 1991. Center: People's Deputy of the USSR and Commission Chairman Alexander Obolensky studies documents.06.09.1991#8285265
Transportation of the monument to the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky from Lubyanka Square to the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled by order of the Moscow Soviet in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591048
