The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement.14.04.1993#6598728
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. Defendants before the hearing, from left: Oleg Baklanov, former Secretary of the USSR Communist Party and Deputy Chairman of the USSR Defense Council, and Gennady Yanayev, Chairman of the State Committee, former Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, member of the Political Bureau of the USSR Communist Party.14.04.1993#6598727
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. Anatoly Ukolov, Major General of Justice and Deputy Chairman of the Military Board of the Russian Supreme Court.14.04.1993#6598726
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. One of the defendants, center: former prime minister of the Soviet Union Valentin Pavlov.14.04.1993#6598725
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. Defendants, from left: Gennady Yanayev, Chairman of the State Committee, former Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, member of the Political Bureau of the USSR Communist Party, and Anatoly Lukyanov, former Chairman of the USSR Supreme Council.14.04.1993#6598722
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. One of the defendants: Oleg Baklanov, former Secretary of the USSR Communist Party and Deputy Chairman of the USSR Defense Council.14.04.1993#6598721
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. Preparing for the trial.14.04.1993#6598718
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. One of the defendants, center: Yury Plekhanov, former chief of the Security Department of the KGB.14.04.1993#6598717
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. One of the defendants: former prime minister of the Soviet Union Valentin Pavlov.14.04.1993#6598714
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement.14.04.1993#6598711
The Supreme Court of Russia hears a case against members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR. The trial continued from April 14, 1993, to May 6, 1994. Members of the State Committee were tried for attempting a coup (the August Coup in 1991) to stop the dissolution of the Soviet Union and prevent the signing of a union agreement. One of the defendants: Gennady Yanayev, Chairman of the State Committee, former Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, member of the Political Bureau of the USSR Communist Party.14.04.1993#6598699
Withdrawing the Western Troops of Russian Armed Forces from Germany (part of the USSR Armed Forces until March 1992). Handing over real property to Germany.25.11.1992#8283612
From right: President of Russia Boris Yeltsin and President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk take a walk on a beach in Dagomys.24.06.1992#6550874
President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, center, and President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, 3rd right, take a walk on a beach in Dagomys.24.06.1992#6550868
From left: President of Russia Boris Yeltsin and President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk during their meeting in Dagomys.24.06.1992#6550865
From left: President of Russia Boris Yeltsin and President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk during their meeting in Dagomys.24.06.1992#6550862
President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, center, takes a walk on a beach in Dagomys after his meeting with President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk.24.06.1992#6550858
From left: President of Russia Boris Yeltsin and President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk during their meeting in Dagomys.24.06.1992#6550831
The meeting between President of Russia Boris Yeltsin and President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk in Dagomys. From left: Russian Vice President Alexander Rutskoy and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Burbulis before the presidents' meeting.24.06.1992#6550820
Vice President of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutskoi, 2nd right, before a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation.05.05.1992#6536807
The 6th Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation, April 6-21, 1992. From left: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR Andrei Kozyrev and First Deputy Prime Minister of the RSFSR Gennady Burbulis before a session.06.04.1992#6536814
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 ASB charity from Hamburg (Germany) set up camp kitchens with free soup and porridge for residents of St. Petersburg as part of a large-scale Provide Hope campaign to provide assistance to the countries of the former USSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.15.02.1992#8612960
The ASB charity from Hamburg (Germany) set up camp kitchens with free soup and porridge for residents of St. Petersburg as part of a large-scale Provide Hope campaign to provide assistance to the countries of the former USSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.15.02.1992#8612959
The ASB charity from Hamburg (Germany) set up camp kitchens with free soup and porridge for residents of St. Petersburg as part of a large-scale Provide Hope campaign to provide assistance to the countries of the former USSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.15.02.1992#8612958
The ASB charity from Hamburg (Germany) set up camp kitchens with free soup and porridge for residents of St. Petersburg as part of a large-scale Provide Hope campaign to provide assistance to the countries of the former USSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.15.02.1992#8612957
Unloading humanitarian aid from the first US Air Force military transport aircraft with 30 tons of food at a Moscow airport as part of the large-scale Provide Hope effort to provide assistance to the countries of the former USSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.10.02.1992#8612618
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
President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk (left) and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Shushkevich, representatives of the former Soviet republics which are now members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.21.12.1991#853027
Participants in a rally, "The Union's Collapse Today Is Russia's Collapse Tomorrow," staged by the Democratic Party of Russia on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square. Chairman of the Liberal-Democratic Party of the Soviet Union, now of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky addresses the rally attendants.09.12.1991#8280399
Vladimir Gudkov, Chairman of the Initiative Committee on creating the Association of Friends of Yugoslavia, Head of the Department of Slavic Linguistics at Moscow State University.21.10.1991#6692901
Nikolai Maslennikov, member of the Initiative Committee on Creating the Association of Friends of Yugoslavia.21.10.1991#6692899
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during the meeting.11.10.1991#2891955
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk and President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Nursultan Nazarbayev (right) during the meeting.11.10.1991#2891954
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. Soviet Defense Minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov during the meeting.11.10.1991#2891952
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during the meeting.11.10.1991#2891950
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. Economic Adviser to Soviet President Nikolai Petrakov and Deputy Chairman of the Inter-Republican Economic Committee, member of the Political Consultative Committee under the President of the USSR Grigory Yavlinsky (right) during the meeting.11.10.1991#2891949
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. From right: Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutalibov, President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Nursultan Nazarbayev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk during the meeting.11.10.1991#2891948
The State Council of the Soviet Union. A meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of the inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev presides over the meeting.11.10.1991#2891947
The State Council of the USSR. The meeting of the State Council under the President of the Soviet Union to discuss the signing of an inter-republican economic treaty. Kremlin. October 11, 1991. From left: President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Shushkevich, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.11.10.1991#2891945
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 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 fifth (Extraordinary) Congress of People's deputies of the USSR held in Moscow on September 2-5, 1991. The congress adopted a law on government bodies in the transitional period that no longer provided for its preservation in the system of state power and dissolved itself. Chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet Leonid Kravchyuk delivers a speech.04.05.1991#2785534
Rally on February 23, 1991, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Rally in support of the renewed united Soviet Union, for civil peace, accord and further democratization of the society took place on the Soviet Army and Navy Day on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Rally participants march down Tverskaya Square.23.02.1991#3169051
Rally on February 23, 1991, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Rally in support of the renewed united Soviet Union, for civil peace, accord and further democratization of the society took place on the Soviet Army and Navy Day on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.23.02.1991#3169050
Muscovites at a rally organized by deputies of "Union" and "Moscow" groups, labor unions, veterans and youth organizations to preserve the integrity of the Soviet Union, for the unity of the army and people and in support of the CPSU.23.02.1991#1095124
January 1991 events in Vilnius, Lithuanian Republic. Volunteers outside the Lithuanian Parliament.16.01.1991#3169048
January 1991 events in Vilnius, Lithuanian Republic. Funeral of the Vilnius tragedy victims on Cathedral Square.16.01.1991#3169047
January 1991 events in Vilnius, Lithuanian Republic. Memorial service for the Vilnius tragedy victims at Vilnius Cathedral.16.01.1991#3169045
January 1991 events in Vilnius, Lithuanian Republic. Memorial service for the Vilnius tragedy victims at Vilnius Cathedral.16.01.1991#3169044
January 1991 events in Vilnius, Lithuanian Republic. Funeral procession for the Vilnius tragedy victims on Cathedral Square.16.01.1991#3169043
January 1991 events in Vilnius, Lithuanian Republic. Volunteers defending the Lithuanian Parliament.15.01.1991#3169049
Participants in a rally, "The Union's Collapse Today Is Russia's Collapse Tomorrow," staged by the Democratic Party of Russia on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square.10.12.1990#8280401
Russian Supreme Council Chairman Boris Yeltsin at a news conference at the House of Soviets on the results of his trip across the Russian regions.01.09.1990#3246334
Russian Supreme Council Chairman Boris Yeltsin at a news conference at the House of Soviets on the results of his trip across the Russian regions.01.09.1990#3246333
Russian Supreme Council Chairman Boris Yeltsin at a news conference at the House of Soviets on the results of his trip across the Russian regions.01.09.1990#3246332
Events organized by the Sajudis public and political organization in Lithuania marking the 51st anniversary of the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact). A rally at the Lithuanian-Polish border in Lazdijai.23.08.1990#8303731
Events organized by the Sajudis public and political organization in Lithuania marking the 51st anniversary of the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact). A rally at the Lithuanian-Polish border in Lazdijai.23.08.1990#8303730