Vostok artel of prospectors for the extraction of alluvial gold in the foothills of Dzhugzhur in the Khabarovsk Territory. Delivery of goods along the winter road.01.02.1996#8444695
Vostok artel of prospectors for the extraction of alluvial gold in the foothills of Dzhugzhur in the Khabarovsk Territory. Gold miners are setting up equipment for the delivery of goods along the winter road.01.02.1996#8444694
Udokanskoye copper field. President of the Udokanskoye Mining Company Andrei Chuguyevsky.01.03.1993#6598681
The Tajik SSR. Finely-cut pink-and-red spinel crystals, extracted from Mount Kukhilal in the southwestern section of the Pamir Range.01.05.1990#8205321
Rub town in the Vitebsk Region of the Belarusian SSR. Photo: A dolomite stripping of the Dolomit Production Association, now Dolomit PLC.14.09.1989#6671946
Soviet specialists in Mali. Soviet and Mali specialists work together to remove ore from a mine.20.05.1988#8207846
Soviet specialists in Mali. Soviet and Mali specialists work together to remove ore from a mine.20.05.1988#8207845
The Yakut ASSR. Coal mining at Neryungrinsky coal mine (today's Yakutugol Holding Company).01.08.1987#5811867
Chukotka Artel of Prospectors, one of the first gold mining enterprises in the Chukotka Autonomous Area.03.05.1987#8291254
The Turkmen SSR. Photo: The architectural-memorial ensemble Trailblazers is the symbol of Nebit-Dag, now Balkanabad, a city of oil workers, and it also commemorates Ivan Gubkin who pioneered oil prospecting operations. The memorial was built by sculptor Alexander Abramov.01.04.1987#5927561
Gas pipeline compressor plants on the Kazym River in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Yugra), built for transporting gas from the deposits in Yamal.10.01.1987#8442108
Housing construction in Raduzhny, Tyumen Region, near an oil and gas production facility.10.11.1986#6641613
Developing the Varyeganskoye oil and gas deposit. Far right: Vladimir Ryzhkin, a foreman of a team of drilling rig operators, in Raduzhny town in the Tyumen Region.01.11.1986#6641626
Panorama of the old section of Raduzhny town in the Tyumen Region where oil and gas deposits are being developed.01.11.1986#6641611
The town of Raduzhny in the Tyumen region. Varyeganskoe oil and gas deposit development in Western Siberia. Oil rig.01.11.1986#2726056
The town of Raduzhny in the Tyumen region. Varyeganskoe oil and gas deposit development in Western Siberia.01.11.1986#2726054
The town of Raduzhny in the Tyumen region. Varyeganskoe oil and gas deposit development in Western Siberia. Oil rig gets relocated.31.10.1986#2726053
Members of the wheel excavator team at the Bogatyr Coalmine in Ekibastuz coal basin in the Pavlodar Region congratulating their foreman, Nikolai Peshkov, awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor title.01.07.1986#799259
An oil deposit in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area - Yugra in the middle reaches of the Ob River. Photo: Drilling team foreman Yury Smoliy relaxes with his family.10.10.1985#8789188
Putting up construction trailers in Yamburg gas workers' village in Nadymsky District of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.01.02.1985#5794478
Professor Joseph Ettinger, DSc (Technology), headed a team of chemists and physicists at the Institute for the Comprehensive Development of Mineral Deposits, the Soviet, now Russian, Academy of Sciences.05.03.1984#8212573
The Yakutian ASSR. Mining coal at the Neryungri open-cast stripping of the South Yakutian Territorial Production Complex, now the Yakutugol Holding Company. This photo shows a meeting of working people marking the extraction of the 100 millionth cubic meter of ore in the open-cast stripping.15.07.1983#8415661
A correspondent of Novosti Press Agency, now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, interviews a worker of the Neryungri open-cast coal stripping at the South Yakutia territorial production complex, now Yakutugol Co.15.07.1983#8786773
Building an ore mining and processing works in the Neryungri District of the Yakutian ASSR.15.07.1983#8786774
Festivities marking the excavation of the 100 millionth cubic meter of ore at the Neryungri open-cast coal stripping at the South Yakutia territorial production complex, now Yakutugol Co.15.07.1983#8786775
Yakutian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Coal production in the Neryungri Open-Pit Coal Mine of the South Yakutian Production Facility (now Yakutugol). A car mechanic servicing heavy-duty vehicles.15.07.1983#8141114
Yakutian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Workers of the Neryungri Processing Plant Vladimir and Raisa Gavrilins with the vegetables they grew in their own garden.15.07.1983#8141113
The Kazakh SSR. An aerial photo of Ustyurt Plateau in western Central Asia. Members of a geological prospecting expedition, including Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, are working there.01.07.1983#8492629
The Kazakh SSR. Left: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, a member of a geological prospecting expedition on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia, and his colleagues discuss their future route.01.07.1983#8492628
The Kazakh SSR. Drilling rigs on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia. members of a geological prospecting expedition, including Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, are working there.01.07.1983#8492627
The Kazakh SSR. Second left: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, a member of a geological prospecting expedition on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia, and his colleagues discuss their future route.01.07.1983#8492626
The Kazakh SSR. Second left: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, a member of a geological prospecting expedition on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia, and his colleagues discuss their future route.01.07.1983#8577137
The Kazakh SSR. Second left: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, a member of a geological prospecting expedition on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia, and his colleagues discuss their future route.01.07.1983#8577136
The Kazakh SSR. Drilling rigs on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia. members of a geological prospecting expedition, including Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, are working there.01.07.1983#8577135
The Kazakh SSR. An aerial photo of Ustyurt Plateau in western Central Asia. Members of a geological prospecting expedition, including Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, are working there.01.07.1983#8577134
The Kazakh SSR. An aerial photo of Ustyurt Plateau in western Central Asia. Members of a geological prospecting expedition, including Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, are working there.01.07.1983#8577133
The Kazakh SSR. Second left: Trust Chief Soltan Zhukmenov tells Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Lebedev, a member of a geological prospecting expedition on Ustyurt Plateau, western Central Asia, about the work of a prospecting well.01.07.1983#8577132
Producing ore at an open-cast stripping of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. Powerful rotor excavators operate inside iron ore strippings.11.02.1983#6599962
Thermal waters, steam-water mixtures or steam from natural underground reservoirs are a wonderful source of energy and power. Russia's Far East contains the most impressive geothermal energy reserves. Photo: Specialists from a laboratory of the Primorye Production Geological Association Primorgeologiya are working on new power-generation methods.26.07.1980#8242919
Thermal waters, steam-water mixtures or steam from natural underground reservoirs are a wonderful source of energy and power. Russia's Far East contains the most impressive geothermal energy and power reserves. Photo: It is possible to obtain subterranean steam only by drilling wells.26.07.1980#8242918
Yakut diamonds. Yakutia occupies a leading position in the country in terms of diamond mining. The most famous deposit is the Mir kimberlite pipe. Yakut ASSR.01.07.1979#8228143
An opencast stripping of the Kiyembayevsky Asbestos Ore Mining and Processing Works Orenburgasbest .28.04.1979#8893970
Ice Quay operation to deliver supplies to geological survey teams by sea. Nenets Autonomous Areas, Barents Sea.01.02.1977#6523224
Drilling an exploratory well at the Varandeiskoye oil field in the northeastern section of the Timano-Pechorskaya oil-bearing province.15.04.1976#5545024
The Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Area in the Tyumen Region. Photo: On the streets of Khanty-Mansiisk city.30.08.1975#5990857
Geotechnical exploration of Yamal. Engineer geologist V. Sechin having a break. The Yamalo-Nenets National Area.13.07.1975#5588795
Geotechnical exploration of Yamal. Brigade of geotechnicians at work. The Yamalo-Nenets National Area.13.06.1975#5588794
Truck convoy delivers freight for Yamal oil and gas workers in Russia's Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.13.05.1975#5588798
Geotechnical exploration of Yamal. Engineering-geological mapping. The Yamalo-Nenets National Area.13.05.1975#5588793
Soviet geologist and Hero of Socialist Labor Farman Kurban ogly Salmanov, DSc (Geology and Mineralogy), helped launch geological prospecting operations in Siberia.01.05.1974#5886444
