A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, center, and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin during a reception in the Ceremonial Hall of the Faceted Chamber in the Kremlin.19.05.1991#6608348
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. From left: USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin before talks.17.05.1991#6607524
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin, center, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.16.05.1991#6610241
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. USSR Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh, second left, and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin, second right, during a meeting.16.05.1991#6608355
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Anatoly Lukyanov, fourth left, and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin, fourth right, during a meeting.16.05.1991#6608350
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.16.05.1991#6607527
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. Front, from left: Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Anatoly Lukyanov and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin during a meeting.16.05.1991#6608342
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. From right: USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov greets Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin.15.05.1991#6607529
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. From left: USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov, Chinese Defense Minister Qin Jiwei, First Deputy Secretary-General of the USSR Communist Party Vladimir Ivashko, Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin and USSR Vice President Gennady Yanayev at Vnukovo Airport.15.05.1991#6607528
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin lays a wreath at the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square.15.05.1991#6608345
A delegation from China visits the Soviet Union on May 15-19, 1991. From right: USSR Vice President Gennady Yanayev greets Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin.15.05.1991#6608343
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Shao Qihui, center, and members of the delegation on Moscow's Red Square.29.11.1989#6622309
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Shao Qihui, 4th right, during the meeting with Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Vitaly Vorotnikov, 2nd left.29.11.1989#6622308
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Shao Qihui, 4th right, during the meeting with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Alexander Vlasov, 4th left.29.11.1989#6622307
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province to the USSR. The delegation, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, 4th left, is received by Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Vitaly Vorotnikov, 3rd left.29.11.1989#6622306
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. The delegation is received by Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Alexander Vlasov, right. The ceremony to sign the final document.29.11.1989#6622302
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Shao Qihui, 2nd right, speaks to journalists.29.11.1989#6623445
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Shao Qihui, 3rd left, and members of the delegation take a walk around the Moscow Kremlin.29.11.1989#6623443
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Shao Qihui, center, and members of the delegation during the wreath-laying ceremony at Lenin's Mausoleum.29.11.1989#6623431
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province to the USSR. Members of the delegation, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, 3rd left, tour Lenin Kremlin Office and Apartment Museum (moved to Gorki Leninskiye in 1994).29.11.1989#6623430
A visit by a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province, led by Head of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Shao Qihui, to the USSR. Members of the delegation during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Kremlin Wall.29.11.1989#6623429
Soviet-Chinese state border. Every Soviet tourist in the border town of Heihe (China) receives a photo as a keepsake.01.10.1989#6650241
A worker from China at the construction site of a residential building in Vladivostok, Primorye Territory.01.09.1989#8229081
The Soviet-Chinese state border in the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk area. Photo: Chinese tourists from Heihe take a guided tour of Blagoveshchensk in the Amur Region.01.04.1989#8200482
The Soviet-Chinese state border in the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk area. Photo: Young Chinese schoolgirls in national suits.01.04.1989#8199755
Moscow. A representative of the People's Republic of China with a participant of the 1st International Folklore Festival.12.08.1988#8314357
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Andrei Gromyko, 2nd right, and Member of the Permanent Committee of National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and Chairperson of the All-China Youth Federation, Liu Yandong, 3rd right, before the talks in Moscow.01.06.1988#6542362
The talks between Andrei Gromyko (left), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, and Zhang Wenjin (right), Chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries, at the Kremlin.17.11.1987#5770398
Andrei Gromyko (3rd right), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, receives Zhang Wenjin (3rd left), Chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries, during their meeting at the Kremlin. The meeting was attended by Valentina Tereshkova (2nd right), pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR and chair of the Presidium of the Union of Soviet Associations for Friendship and Cultural Links with Foreign Countries.17.11.1987#5770394
Andrei Gromyko (right), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, and Zhang Wenjin (2nd left), Chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries, during their meeting at the Kremlin.17.11.1987#5770391
A visit by a delegation of the People's Republic of China to the USSR. Lev Tolkunov, Soviet journalist and chairman of the Council of the Union of the USSR Supreme Soviet, during the talks with Chinese delegates.01.09.1987#8573261
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Pyotr Demichev, fifth right, during the talks with members of the delegation representing the National People's Congress of China during their visit to the USSR.01.09.1987#8585293
A meeting of representatives of Ministries of Railways of the USSR and the People's Republic of China. Head of the Directorate of Labor and Staff at China's Ministry of Railways Zhang Lang during a meeting with Minister of Railways of the USSR Nikolai Konarev.20.07.1987#5610475
A meeting of representatives of Ministries of Railways of the USSR and the People's Republic of China. Minister of Railways of the USSR Nikolai Konarev and Head of the Directorate of Labor and Staff at China's Ministry of Railways Zhang Lang during talks.20.07.1987#5610474
A visit by Deputy Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Qian Qichen to the USSR. Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, Eduard Shevardnadze, left, and Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China Qian Qichen, center, before the talks.01.04.1987#5927665
The funeral service for Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, at Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions. Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Huang Hua expresses his condolences to Brezhnev's widow, Viktoria Brezhneva.15.11.1982#6727591
The funeral service for Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Members of the Chinese delegation, led by Foreign Minister of China and Vice Premier of the State Council of China Huang Hua, 2nd left, during their conversation with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Leonid Ilyichyov, 3rd left, at Vnukovo Airport's VIP room.14.11.1982#6691670
The 21st Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Olympiisky Sports Complex in Moscow, September 19-23, 1981. Photo: Tung Fei, a gymnast from the People's Republic of China, performs on the horizontal bar.19.09.1981#6703163
Pacific Border District. Nikolai Bout, artist of the Mitrofan Grekov Military Artists' Studio, at the Nizhne-Mikhailovka Outpost of the Pacific Border District. Heroism of border guards in the Sino-Soviet border conflict on Damansky Island on March 2-15, 1969) inspired journalists, writers and artists.11.12.1969#6147877
The Nizhne-Mikhailovka Border Outpost in the Pacific Border District. Center: Private Andrei Bikuzin who fought in the Soviet-Chinese border conflict on Damansky Island on March 2-15, 1969 casts his ballot.10.12.1969#6147874
Pavel Ryazanov, father of Soviet border guard Vitaly Ryazanov who was killed by Chinese soldiers during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#780275
Maria Dulepova, mother of Soviet border guard Mikhail Dulepov who was killed by Chinese soldiers during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#780270
Lieutenant Evgeny Govor, a Soviet border guard, who fought against Chinese provokers during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#780262
Soviet border guards, who fought against Chinese provokers during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969. From left: Junior Lieutenant Puchkov, Corporal Pishchyulev and Captain Terebenkov.20.08.1969#780261
Soviet border guard, Junior Lieutenant Vladimir Puchkov, reports how Soviet Soldiers fought back against Chinese provokers during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#780260
A group of Russian border guards who fought against Chinese provokers during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969. Foreground: Lieutenant Evgeny Govor.20.08.1969#780259
Soviet frontiersman private first class Viktor Pischulev wounded at fighting against Chinese provokers in hospital, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR. Accident on Soviet-Chinese border, August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#782878
Soviet frontiersman captain Terenbekov wounded at fighting against Chinese provokers in hospital, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR. Accident on Soviet-Chinese border, August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#782877
Soviet frontiersman junior lieutenant Vladimir Puchkov wounded at fighting against Chinese provokers in hospital, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR. Accident on Soviet-Chinese border, August 13, 1969.20.08.1969#782876
Two Bolex cameras and a photo camera, left by Chinese soldiers while retreating from the area of the Soviet Union during the border conflict near the lake Zhalanashkol on August 13, 1969.13.08.1969#780278
Lidiya Strelnikova, widow of head of the frontier post in Nizhne-Mikhailovka, senior lieutenant Ivan Strelnikov, who was killed during the Sino-Soviet border conflict on Damansky Island on March 2, 1969.30.03.1969#5879357
First Lieutenant Ivan Strelnikov, Commander of the Nizhne-Mikhailovka Border Outpost, with his son Igor and daughter Svetlana. He was killed on March 2, 1969 during a Soviet-Chinese border conflict on Damansky Island.01.01.1969#6147393
The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. On August 16, 1945, General Otozo Yamada, Commander of the Kwantung Army, ordered his subordinates to surrender. This photo shows the relocation of Japanese prisoners of war from the surrendered formation of the Japanese Imperial Army.01.09.1945#8649824
The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. In this photo, Soviet officers are meeting with prisoners of war at the Mukden camp, liberated in August 1945 by units of the Red Army's 262nd Rifle Division, part of the 39th Soviet Army's 113 Rifle Corps. The camp's inmates included soldiers from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.01.09.1945#8649825
The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. This photo shows talks between truce envoys of the surrendering formation of the Japanese Imperial Army and authorized representatives of the Soviet Union on the terms of surrender for the Kwantung Army.16.08.1945#8649826
