The Belarusian SSR. Stockpiling new panels at Prefab House Plant No. 3, a lease-holding enterprise, in Minsk.15.09.1990#6651136
Belarusian SSR. The House-building plant No. 3 (leased company) in Minsk. Leasers with their director Ms. Vinokurova (third row, center).15.09.1990#6651129
Belarusian SSR. The House-building plant No. 3 (leased company) in Minsk. Workshop for the production of body wall panels.15.09.1990#6651128
The award received by Andrey Stroyev, head of the Mosinzhstroy construction company and founder of the Russian-American joint venture Perestroika (1988),the first one in the construction industry. Engineering News-Record (ENR), the US weekly that provides news, analysis, data and opinion on the construction industry around the world, awarded Andrey Stroyev for outstanding achievements in serving the interests of the construction industry and society.18.05.1990#8254726
Left: Andrei Stroyev, head of the Mosinzhstroi production and construction association (PSO), creator of the first Russian-American joint venture in the construction industry, Perestroika (1988). The map of the city shows real estate objects, the reconstruction of which will be carried out by the Perestroika joint venture, which is engaged in the development of real estate in Moscow.18.04.1990#8254733
Left: Andrei Stroyev, Candidate in Economics, head of the Mosinzhstroi production and construction association (PSO), creator of the first Russian-American joint venture in the construction industry, Perestroika (1988).18.04.1990#8254731
The modernized building on Pushkin Square, which housed foreign firms' offices, was renovated by the Soviet-American joint venture, Perestroika, which developed real estate in Moscow. The joint venture, the first one in the Soviet construction industry, was founded and headed by Andrey Stroyev.18.04.1990#8254728
The Law on Individual Labor Activity adopted int eh USSR on November 19, 1986, launched the unfolding of private businesses and cooperative movement in the country. Private entrepreneur B. Shkolyansky.06.03.1990#6660951
Stenographer Mikhail Shestakov, head of the Protype cooperative. Shestakov set a record, while typing 940 characters per minute.05.02.1990#6666038
Shorthand typist Mikhail Shestov, head of the Protype cooperative, a typing record holder (940 characters per minute).04.02.1990#6665829
Center: Stenographer Mikhail Shestakov, head of the Protype cooperative, and his colleagues. Shestakov set a record, while typing 940 characters per minute.04.02.1990#6666041
Vladimir Shenayev, Deputy Director of USSR Academy of Sciences' European Studies Institute.30.10.1989#6561816
Avtoprom-89 international show (October 19-26, 1989) at the Sokolniki exhibition center. Soviet firm Rosavtospesoborudovanie's booth.20.10.1989#6561823
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Alim Chabanov, Director General of the Rotor research and production association, people's deputy of the USSR.18.10.1989#6555081
Margarita Bunkina, an economist working at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee and author of textbooks for university students, including National Economy, Macroeconomics, Monetarism and others.03.10.1989#6566940
Winner of the children's drawing contest S. Bazhu (India) and her father, guests of the 7th Moscow International Book Fair (September 13-22, 1989). In 1989, the traditional Moscow International Book Exhibition was announced as a commercial event and became known as Moscow International Book Fair. The 7th exhibition fair drew organizations and companies from 65 countries and featured books presented by ten international organizations, including UN, UNESCO, CMEA, ILO, and others.18.09.1989#6651148
A stand showcasing books from India at the 7th Moscow International Book Fair (September 13-22, 1989). In 1989, the traditional Moscow International Book Exhibition was announced as a commercial event and became known as Moscow International Book Fair. The exhibition fair drew organizations and companies from 65 countries and featured books presented by ten international organizations, including UN, UNESCO, CMEA, ILO, and others. The 7th rendition of the fair became the most profitable one.18.09.1989#6651140
Talks between representatives of Soviet and foreign book publishing houses in VDNKh's Pavilion 75 during the 7th Moscow International Book Fair (September 13-22, 1989). In 1989, the traditional Moscow International Book Exhibition was announced as a commercial event and became known as Moscow International Book Fair. The exhibition fair drew organizations and companies from 65 countries and featured books presented by ten international organizations, including UN, UNESCO, CMEA, ILO, and others. For the first time in its history, the fair showcased anti-Soviet books. The 7th rendition of the fair became the most profitable one.18.09.1989#6651137
The Impuls Productive Cooperative produces several types of medical equipment among other things.10.09.1989#6732934
Yevgeny Kogan, one of the leaders of the Estonian Intermovement. The international workers' movement of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Intermovement) was a political movement (opponent of the Popular Front) and organization in Estonian founded on July 19, 1988. Movement supporters had conservative and communist views and fought for preserving the Soviet Union and its territorial integrity.30.08.1989#6561824
In 1989, the top Soviet government bodies, including the 1st Congress of People's Deputies, lifted the political ban on private farming (family commercial agriculture), triggering the emergence of new farms across the country. The Kaskyavmcus family farm in the Lithuanian USSR.02.07.1989#6562747
In 1989, the top Soviet government bodies, including the 1st Congress of People's Deputies, lifted the political ban on private farming (family commercial agriculture), triggering the emergence of new farms across the country. The Kaskyavmcus family farm in the Lithuanian USSR.02.07.1989#6562745
A Soviet-American workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the agency supporting initiatives and pioneer projects of the USSR Ministry of Culture and the Crosscurrents International Institute and the Torn non-profit (May 24 - June 3, 1989). Participants outside the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.30.05.1989#6560674
A Soviet-American seminar on creative leadership organized by the USSR Ministry of Culture's Agency for Support of Initiatives and Pioneer Projects and the Crosscurrents International Institute, and the Torn NGO (May 24 - June 3, 1989). Seminar participants from France.30.05.1989#6561814
Ukrainian USSR. Soviet-American seminar of entrepreneurial leaders in Kiev, organized by the Agency for Supporting Initiatives and Pioneer Undertakings at the USSR Ministry of Culture and Crosscurrents International Institute and involving NPO Torn. May 24 - June 3, 1989. Seminar Director W. Shaw speaks to the audience.30.05.1989#8178813
A Soviet-American seminar on creative leadership organized by the USSR Ministry of Culture's Agency for Support of Initiatives and Pioneer Projects and the Crosscurrents International Institute, and the Torn NGO (May 24 - June 3, 1989) onboard the Vladimir Lenin ferry.24.05.1989#6546349
The Soviet-American Entrepreneurship Seminar organized by the Agency for Support of Initiatives and Pioneer Projects of the USSR Ministry of Culture and Crosscurrents International, with the support of the Torn NGO (May 24-June 3, 1989, Ukrainian SSR.). The seminar was held onboard the Vladimir Lenin Ferry (now Mikhail Bulgakov). Greeting participants with bread and salt.24.05.1989#8139310
The Vladimir Lenin Ferry (now Mikhail Bulgakov) hosting the Soviet-American Entrepreneurship Seminar organized by the Agency for Support of Initiatives and Pioneer Projects of the USSR Ministry of Culture and Crosscurrents International, with the support of the Torn NGO (May 24-June 3, 1989, Ukrainian SSR.) Seminar participants at the pier of the river terminal in Kiev.24.05.1989#8139300
Participants in the Soviet-American Entrepreneurship Seminar organized by the Agency for Support of Initiatives and Pioneer Projects of the USSR Ministry of Culture and Crosscurrents International, with the support of the Torn NGO (May 24-June 3, 1989, Ukrainian SSR.)24.05.1989#8139299
Officers of the Moscow Drug Police (now Main Drug Trafficking Directorate of the Russian Interior Ministry) exposing a drug den in a Moscow apartment. Detaining drug users.01.05.1989#8122100
Officers of the Moscow Drug Police (now Main Drug Trafficking Directorate of the Russian Interior Ministry) exposing a drug den in a Moscow apartment. Evidence.01.05.1989#8122091
A journalist meeting at the Novosti Press Agency (today Rossiya Segodnya International News Agency) on signing the first non-governmental commercial agreement on the joint Soviet-Japanese space flight. Board Chair of the Novosti Press Agency Albert Vlasov (first row on the right), Deputy Board Chair of the Novosti Press Agency Anatoly Bogomolov (background, first on the right right), President of the TBS TV Broadcasting Corporation Mr. Nakamura (in the first plan second from right) and President of TBS News Mr. Oto (third from right) after the end of the conversation.28.03.1989#6738561
A meeting with journalists at the Novosti Press Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency) due to the signing of the first non-government commercial agreement on a joint Soviet-Japanese spaceflight. APN Board Chairman Albert Vlasov, fourth left, APN Deputy Board Chairman Anatoly Bogomolov, third left, President of the TBS Broadcasting Corporation K.Nakamura, fourth right, and President of TBS News H.Oto, third right.28.03.1989#6738557
Center: Alexander Dunev, Director of the USSR Glavkosmos (now Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of the Roscosmos state corporation), and President of the TBS Broadcasting Corporation K.Nakamura, right, during the signing of the first non-government commercial agreement on a joint Soviet-Japanese spaceflight.27.03.1989#6738551
Ceremony marking the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine. Second left: Editor-in-Chief Gennady Pisarevsky.16.11.1988#6585747
Ceremony marking the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine. Participants welcome Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri.16.11.1988#6585743
Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, right, reviews the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine.16.11.1988#6585739
Ceremony marking the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine. Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri gives his remarks.16.11.1988#6585738
Ceremony marking the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine. Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, second left, greets Editor-in-Chief Gennady Pisarevsky, right. Left: Finnish journalists and members of the board of Soviet Trade Publishing.16.11.1988#6585737
Ceremony marking the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine. Board members of Soviet Trade Publishing welcome a delegation from China.16.11.1988#6585735
Ceremony marking the first issue of the Moscow Business magazine. Editor-in-Chief Gennady Pisarevsky gives his remarks.16.11.1988#6585704
Employees of the Drug Enforcement Department of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the USSR Ministry of Interior for Moscow (now the Russian Main Directorate for Drug Control of the Ministry of Interior) arrest a drug dealer.18.10.1988#6667769
Stay of Secretary-General of the Communist Party Central Committee, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium Mikhail Gorbachev in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (September 12-16, 1988). Meeting with employees of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydropower.15.09.1988#6567797
Youth centers for science and technology were established across the Soviet Union according to the Soviet Government's 1987 resolution to build an integrated nationwide system for young people's scientific and technical engagement. According to the regulation, the respective funds could only be invested in industrial production. Director of the Zelenograd Center Alexander Chuenko.05.07.1988#6589490
Youth centers for science and technology were established across the Soviet Union according to the Soviet Government's 1987 resolution to build an integrated nationwide system for young people's scientific and technical engagement. According to the regulation, the respective funds could only be invested in industrial production. At the Zelenograd Center's career guidance sector.05.07.1988#6589487
Youth centers for science and technology were established across the Soviet Union according to the Soviet Government's 1987 resolution to build an integrated nationwide system for young people's scientific and technical engagement. According to the regulation, the respective funds could only be invested in industrial production. Director of the Zelenograd Center Alexander Chuenko, center, and employees of the center's architectural workshop T. Kuzenbayev and I. Pishukevich.05.07.1988#6589486
Dance Record, a Soviet dance band dancing break dance. The disc with this show was released in 1988 by the Melodiya national record company. In 1988 Melodiya got the right to independent commercial, including foreign trade, activity. After the company switched to self-financing, the production of serious music recordings fell sharply to 3 percent and the percentage of records with pop music recordings increased significantly.30.06.1988#6585711
One of the many Soviet rock groups, whose solo disc was released in 1988 by the Melodiya national record company. In 1988 Melodiya got the right to independent commercial, including foreign trade, activity. After the company switched to self-financing, the production of serious music recordings fell sharply to 3 percent and the percentage of records with pop music recordings increased significantly.30.06.1988#6585710
A musician of the Polish band Kabranochka, whose solo disc was released in 1988 by the Melodiya national record company. In 1988 Melodiya got the right to independent foreign trade activities. Previously, Melodiya's business contacts with foreign partners were carried out through the International Book Association.30.06.1988#6585709
Attraction band created in 1985 by composer Alexander Shkuratov (who is also music producer and songwriter). The musicians worked in the pop-rock style, combining elements of pop music and rock music. In 1986, the group's first solo disc was released at the Melodia company, with a circulation of 1.5 million copies.30.06.1988#6585708
Chair of the Sports and health cooperative Bodrost Valery Soldatenko during workout.20.05.1988#5822074
