Representatives of leftist parties and organizations takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to Soviet World War Two commander Marshal Georgy Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square, as part of commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of the battle of Stalingrad in the World War Two, in Moscow, Russia.02.02.2023#8364016
Participants wearing WWII Soviet uniforms ride retro motorcycles and vehicles during the Siberian Fire historical re-enactment festival in the village of Bolshoi Oyosh, Novosibirsk Region, Russia.12.06.2022#8214084
Personal belongings of Soviet troops found in the Myasnoi Bor where fierce battles took place during the Great Patriotic War.01.07.2019#5934577
Maj. Gen. Sidor Artemievich Kovpak, a Soviet military commander (1887-1967). During the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945, he was the commander of Sumy guerrilla force, later the 1st Ukrainian guerrilla division.22.08.2018#5614664
Visitors pass by the stand with Soviet combat banners in the National Guard Museum in Moscow.12.03.2018#3318206
The Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Kirov High Combined Arms Command College. College cadets in the dining hall.04.07.2016#2886557
T-34/85 tanks in a motorized column at Alabino range near Moscow rehearsing for the military parade on the 65th anniversary of the VE-Day.13.04.2010#625713
Border guards armor column at the military parade to mark the 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on the Poklonnaya Hill on the VE-Day.09.05.1995#805399
Left: Marat Samsonov, Soviet and Russian painter, battle painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR, artistic director of the Grekov Studio of War Artists, in his studio.25.09.1994#8771708
The anti-aircraft missile division, located in the village of Mickunai near Vilnius, is preparing to leave the territory of the Republic of Lithuania as part of the withdrawal of military formations of the Russian Armed Forces.25.02.1992#8613856
The anti-aircraft missile division, located in the village of Mickunai near Vilnius, is preparing to leave the territory of the Republic of Lithuania as part of the withdrawal of military formations of the Russian Armed Forces.25.02.1992#8613855
The anti-aircraft missile division, located in the village of Mickunai near Vilnius, is preparing to leave the territory of the Republic of Lithuania as part of the withdrawal of military formations of the Russian Armed Forces.25.02.1992#8613854
The anti-aircraft missile division, located in the village of Mickunai near Vilnius, is preparing to leave the territory of the Republic of Lithuania as part of the withdrawal of military formations of the Russian Armed Forces.25.02.1992#8613853
Reserve military personnel takes an oath of allegiance to Ukraine at St. Sofia Cathedral on Bogdan Khmelnitsky Square in Kiev.18.01.1992#5564691
Reserve military personnel takes an oath of allegiance to Ukraine in a military unit.18.01.1992#5564690
Reserve military personnel takes an oath of allegiance to Ukraine at St. Sofia Cathedral on Bogdan Khmelnitsky Square in Kiev.18.01.1992#5564689
The All-Army Officers' Assembly in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Evgeny Shaposhnikov, center, commander in chief of the CIS Armed Forces and marshal of aviation, with the assembly's participants.16.01.1992#5564721
The All-Army Officers' Assembly in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad speaks at the assembly.16.01.1992#5564720
The All-Army Officers' Assembly in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Russian President Boris Yeltsin speaks at the assembly.16.01.1992#5564719
The All-Army Officers' Assembly in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, right, and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.16.01.1992#5564718
The All-Army Officers' Assembly in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. A participant speaks from his seat.16.01.1992#5564717
Konstantin Kobets, third left, State Counselor of the RSFSR for Defense and member of the RSFSR State Council.16.12.1991#5562604
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. A soldier rests before boarding a plane.15.11.1991#6377067
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Russian troops before departure from the Vladikavkaz airport.15.11.1991#6377062
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Loading military equipment on a military plane at an airfield in Vladikavkaz.15.11.1991#6377061
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Russian troops before departure from the Vladikavkaz airport.15.11.1991#6377060
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Russian troops before departure from the Vladikavkaz airport.15.11.1991#6377059
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Russian troops before departure from the Vladikavkaz airport.15.11.1991#6377058
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Russian troops before departure from the Vladikavkaz airport.15.11.1991#6377057
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Vladikavkaz residents discuss the political situation in North Caucasus with the Russian military.15.11.1991#6376141
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The Russian Interior Ministry withdraws its armed forces from Chechnya. November 1991. Vladikavkaz residents discuss the political situation in North Caucasus with the Russian military.15.11.1991#6376139
German veterans of World War II, participants in the Battle of Stalingrad, on the Soldier's Field near Volgograd, where fierce battles were fought in the summer and autumn of 1942.01.10.1991#6691487
German veterans of the Second World War (1939-1945), participants in the Battle of Stalingrad, lay a wreath at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory on the Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.01.10.1991#6691485
A center for accommodating deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.01.10.1991#8236329
A center for accommodating deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.01.10.1991#8236321
A center for accommodating deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.01.10.1991#8236320
The barracks of a center for accommodating deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.01.10.1991#8236319
A center for accommodating deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District. Photo: Private Dmitry Karpov deserted over 2.5 years ago.01.10.1991#8236000
A center for accommodating deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.01.10.1991#8235991
Assembly point for the reception of deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.30.09.1991#8280400
Assembly point for the reception of deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.30.09.1991#8280398
Assembly point for the reception of deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.30.09.1991#8280397
Assembly point for the reception of deserters at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.30.09.1991#8280394
A deserter assembly station at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District. Photo: Private D. Karpov deserted over two years ago.29.09.1991#8280431
Registering at a deserter assembly station at the Commandant's Regiment of the Moscow Military District.29.09.1991#8280428
A historical re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Borodino during a military historical festival.08.09.1991#8183952
A historical re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Borodino during a military historical festival.08.09.1991#8183949
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Colin Powell, tours the 2nd Guards Kalinin Taman Motor Rifle Division during his visit to the USSR.22.07.1991#6536757
A visit by U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Colin Powell, to the USSR. Soviet Minister of Defense Dmitry Yazov, right, and Army Gen. Colin Powell, center, during their meeting.22.07.1991#6536744
A visit by U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Colin Powell, to the USSR. From left: Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Bessmertnykh meets with Army Gen. Colin Powell.22.07.1991#6536742
Implementing the Treaty between the United States and Soviet Union on the Elimination of their Intermediate-range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF Treaty), signed on December 8, 1987. Photo: Soviet and US flags at the Kapustin Yar Testing Site in the Astrakhan Region.31.05.1991#8193036
Implementing the Treaty between the United States and Soviet Union on the Elimination of their Intermediate-range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF Treaty), signed on December 8, 1987. Photo: The last missile at the Kapustin Yar Testing Site in the Astrakhan Region.31.05.1991#8193034
Fulfilling the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States of America that was signed on December 8, 1987. Head of the National Nuclear Hazard Abatement Center, Lieutenant General Vladimir Medvedev and a US observer R.Parker, right to left, before the destruction of missiles at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan Region.31.05.1991#8193026
An international meeting of veterans from anti-Hitler coalition member countries. Soldiers of the Moscow Garrison are seen passing in front of the meeting participants.12.05.1991#8197270
Implementation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) between the USSR and the US dated December 8, 1987.12.05.1991#6694708
Implementation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) between the USSR and the US dated December 8, 1987. From right: Head of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Lieutenant General Vladimir Medvedev and American observer Mr. Parker are seen before the destruction of missiles at the Kapustin Yar test ground in the Astrakhan Region.12.05.1991#6694703
Implementation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) between the USSR and the US dated December 8, 1987. Preparing missile warheads for destruction at the Kapustin Yar test ground in the Astrakhan Region.12.05.1991#6694702
Elimination of the last solid-propellant intermediate and shorter-range ballistic missiles (INF) in accordance with the 1987 treaty between the USSR and the United States. The Kapustin Yar test ground in the Astrakhan Region.12.05.1991#6694701
Spring flood in the Volgograd region. Military amphibious cars came to help the victims.10.05.1991#8201571
