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
Participants in a rally, organized by the Democratic Party of Russia under the slogan The Disintegration of the Soviet Union Today is the Disintegration of Russia Tomorrow, on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square.10.12.1991#8236323
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union, now Russia, speaks at a rally, organized by the Democratic Party of Russia under the slogan The Disintegration of the Soviet Union Today is the Disintegration of Russia Tomorrow, on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square.10.12.1991#8236322
The Lithuanian SSR. A meeting of supporters of the Sajudis (Movement) public-political organization.15.02.1990#6675183
