Ambulances and rescue vehicles outside Alrosa's flooded Mir mine in Yakutia. Emergencies Ministry reports 151 people working in the mine at the time of the accident. (The image is a handout provided by a third party. Only for internal editorial use. Archiving, commercial use and promotion are prohibited).04.08.2017#3165852
The Mir diamond quarry owned by Alrosa group, flooded by groundwater. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at the time of the accident, 151 people were working in the mines. Rescuers established communication with 130 miners, evacuation is underway. (Still from the video provided by the Almazny Krai media company, best quality available). This image is a handout provided by a third party. Editorial use only. No archiving, commercial use, or advertising.04.08.2017#3165726
The Mir diamond quarry owned by Alrosa group, flooded by groundwater. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at the time of the accident, 151 people were working in the mines. Rescuers established communication with 130 miners, evacuation is underway. (Still from the video provided by the Almazny Krai media company, best quality available). This image is a handout provided by a third party. Editorial use only. No archiving, commercial use, or advertising.04.08.2017#3165725
The Mir diamond mine owned by Alrosa group, damaged by water breakthrough. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at the time of the accident, 151 people were working in the mines. Rescuers established communication with 130 miners, evacuation is underway. (Still from the video provided by the Almazny Krai media company, best quality available). This image is a handout provided by a third party. Editorial use only. No archiving, commercial use, or advertising.04.08.2017#3165724
The Mir diamond mine owned by Alrosa group, damaged by water breakthrough. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at the time of the accident, 151 people were working in the mines. Rescuers established communication with 130 miners, evacuation is underway. (Still from the video provided by the Almazny Krai media company, best quality available). This image is a handout provided by a third party. Editorial use only. No archiving, commercial use, or advertising.04.08.2017#3165723
The Mir diamond mine owned by Alrosa group, damaged by water breakthrough. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at the time of the accident, 151 people were working in the mines. Rescuers established communication with 130 miners, evacuation is underway. (Still from the video provided by the Almazny Krai media company, best quality available). This image is a handout provided by a third party. Editorial use only. No archiving, commercial use, or advertising.04.08.2017#3165722
Participants in The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue international forum at the stand of Alrosa, Russian diamond company.29.03.2017#3059308
Finished articles, diamonds produced at the Kristall diamond polishing company in Smolensk.10.06.2010#691617
Finished articles, diamonds produced at the Kristall diamond polishing company in Smolensk.10.06.2010#691615
A meeting between the top managers of two largest global diamond producers, De Beers (South Africa) and Alrosa (Russia) ahead of the talks on a new trade agreement.12.09.2000#8946399
Russian President Boris Yeltsin visits the Respublic of Sakha (Yakutia) on June 18-20, 1993. Boris Yeltsin visits an Intersakhayuvelir factory.20.06.1993#6412428
The Mir kimberlite pipe, a major diamond deposit, in the Malo-Botuobinsky diamond-bearing district in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).01.07.1992#8264970
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Geological prospectors working in the Russian North use speedboats to reach their respective destinations.20.09.1990#8302118
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: Geologist Oleg Aronov.20.09.1990#8302114
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: A. Ivanov, head of a geological prospecting expedition, rides a GT-SM GAZ 71 all-terrain vehicle.20.09.1990#8302097
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: Geologist Alexander Malov.20.09.1990#8300866
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: Veteran geological prospector Kim Tyukin.20.09.1990#8300865
Geological prospectors in the vicinity of the Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region.20.09.1990#8300864
Diamonds produced from the first kimberlite pipes at the Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region.20.09.1990#8300842
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near Pomorye town in the Primorsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: Geological prospectors use light-engine aviation, namely, a Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter.20.09.1990#8301667
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near the town of Pomorye in the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: A helicopter has delivered a team of geologists to the deposit.20.09.1990#8301205
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near the town of Pomorye in the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: Veteran diamond deposit prospector Kim Tyukin.20.09.1990#8301202
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near the town of Pomorye in the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: A team of geologists at work.20.09.1990#8301201
The Lomonosov diamond deposit near the town of Pomorye in the Arkhangelsk Region. Photo: Geologist Oleg Aronov.20.04.1990#8301206
The Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Minsk Masherov Transfer Lines Plant. Drillman turner Sergei Razmyslovich at work.01.04.1987#5927675
The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The city of Mirnyi. Mining and Processing Plant 3 of "Yakutalmaz" diamond mining association.01.06.1980#3195118
Jewelry produced by Russkiye Samotsvety Factory (today's Russkiye Samotsvety Plant).17.10.1973#5668981
The open-pit mine of the Mir kimberlite pipe at the Mir ore-processing integrated works.25.01.1973#5976941
Yakutian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Mir kimberlite pipe. Loading diamond ore from the quarry of the Yakutalmaz research and production association.20.08.1971#6311776
A polisher at work at Dyatkovo Crystalware Plant (now Dyatkovo Crystalware Plant Plus).01.04.1971#6028914
The Yakut ASSR. Excavator operators and Heroes of Socialist Labor Vasily Trofimov, Vladimir Serebryakov, Mikhail Orlov, Semyon Vasilyev and Grigory Kolbunov work at the Mir kimberlite pipe / diamond deposit.01.07.1968#5876314
Security checkpoint at the Smolensk Diamond Factory (now Kristall production association), a diamond-cutting company.15.04.1968#6355927
Permanent exhibition of the USSR Diamond Fund (now the Diamond Fund of Russia) in the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin. Great Imperial Crown of the Russian Empire. Created by court jewelers Jeremy Pozier and Georg Friedrich Eckart in 1762 for the coronation of Catherine II.10.01.1968#8389865
The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Yakut ASSR). The town of Mirny. A new enrichment factory under construction.01.04.1965#3325101
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Diamonds produced at Udachnaya Good Luck) kimberlite pipe in the Daldyn-Alakitsky kimberlite field in northern Yakutia.01.07.1922#8264962
