The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466498
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466497
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466496
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466495
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466494
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466493
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466492
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.03.05.1992#466491
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country. Female rally participants are separated from men as as per Muslim tradition.03.05.1992#466488
Food distribution on Shakhidon square during the ethno-regious conflict in Tajikistan. Dangerous sanitary and epidemiological conditions.01.04.1992#466490
Tents for rally participants on Shakhidon square. Ethno-religious conflict. Dangerous sanitary and epidemiological conditions.01.04.1992#466489
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country. The rally coincided with a Muslim holiday Ramadan.31.03.1992#466487
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.31.03.1992#466486
The proclamation of independence in Tajikistan was followed by an entho-religious armed conflict for power in the country.31.03.1992#466485
Ukraine. Crimea. Three thousand people staged a rally at the initiative of the Coordinating Committee of Sevastopol's public organizations on January 19, 1992. They demanded an end to the division of the fleet, a status of a city of union subordination for Sevastopol, revision of the 1954 document on Crimea's transfer to Ukraine and complete independence to the peninsula.19.01.1992#3049779
Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk (second from left seated), Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Shushkevich (third from left seated) and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (second from right seated) during the signing ceremony to eliminate the USSR and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States. Viskuly Government House in the Belorussian National Park "Belovezhskaya Forest".08.12.1991#848095
The Azerbaijan SSR. From left: President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin and President of the Kazakh SSR Nursultan Nazarbayev have arrived in Baku for resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno Karabakh.20.09.1991#6364350
Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.07.09.1991#8238542
Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, studies documents.07.09.1991#8238538
Second right: Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, talks to colleagues/06.09.1991#8238612
Members of the Parliamentary Commission for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August Putsch in August 1991.06.09.1991#8238543
Left: Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, at a meeting.06.09.1991#8238541
A member of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union confiscates materials from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238540
Right: Vladimir Shcherbakov, Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Labor and Social Issues, at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8238539
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union with materials, confiscated from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238537
Vladimir Shcherbakov, Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Labor and Social Issues, at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8238536
Acting Soviet Prime Minister Vitaly Doguzhiyev at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8238535
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union confiscate materials from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238534
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union at the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238533
Members of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union confiscate materials from the archive of the Voyenizdat Military Publishers of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8238532
Right: Vladimir Shcherbakov, Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Labor and Social Issues, at a meeting of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union.06.09.1991#8236519
Center: Alexander Obolensky, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Circumstances of the August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union, studies documents.06.09.1991#8236518
The Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Aftermath of the Abortive August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union. Photo: Commission members confiscate materials from the archive of the Military Publishing House of the Soviet Defense Ministry.06.09.1991#8285283
The Commission of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the RSFSR for Investigating the Causes and Aftermath of the Abortive August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union. Right: Acting First Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR Vladimir Shcherbakov, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, at a meeting.06.09.1991#8285266
The 5th Extraordinary Congress of USSR People's Deputies was held on September 2-5, 1991 after the defeat of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. Discussions continue unabated in the conference hall.05.09.1991#6368242
The 5th Extraordinary Congress of USSR People's Deputies was held on September 2-5, 1991 after the defeat of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. Deputies near the entrance to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.05.09.1991#6368241
Official visit of President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin to Kazakhstan on August 17-18, 1991. President Boris Yeltsin visiting a stud farm.18.08.1991#3221254
The Republic of Latvia. The events of January 1991 in Riga. Paper used to guard against shattering glass from possible explosions.17.01.1991#3169037
The Republic of Latvia. The events of January 1991 in Riga. The site of the death of Roberts Mūrnieks, a driver with the Latvian Ministry of Transport, who became the first victim of the January 1991 events in Latvia. Bullet holes in the windshield of a minibus.16.01.1991#3169036
The Republic of Latvia. The events of January 1991 in Riga. The site of the death of Roberts Mūrnieks, a driver with the Latvian Ministry of Transport, who became the first victim of the January 1991 events in Latvia. Inside the minibus that was shot.16.01.1991#3169035
The Republic of Latvia. The events of January 1991 in Riga. Bullet holes in a car door.16.01.1991#3169034
American publicist and public activist Edward Lozansky and Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov, left to right, during a roundtable meeting, USSR: How to Avoid Disaster? at Novosti Information Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group.21.10.1990#6692900
People's deputies from the Arkhangelsk Region, who arrived to attend the 1st Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR at the Grand Kremlin Palace, May 16 - June 22, 1990.12.06.1990#6650105
Estonian kroon, new Estonian money. According to the results of the competition, sketches by Urmas Ploomipuu were chosen for banknotes of 1 and 2 kroons, and for the rest of the banknotes by Vladimir Tiger. Photo: Vladimir Tiger is the author of samples of new Estonian money.18.05.1990#8254724
Estonian kroon - new Estonian money. On May 18, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR adopted the law On the Fundamentals of Self-Sufficiency of the Estonian SSR, which officially announced the exchange rate for the Estonian monetary unit. On December 7, 1989, the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR announced an open competition for the design of new EEK banknotes and coins. The second Estonian kroon (the first Estonian kroon was in use from 1928 to 1940) was put into circulation on June 20, 1992.17.05.1990#8254268
Estonian kroon, new Estonian money. The high jury are discussing the sketches for the new money. Left: Estonian financier, economist and banker, head of the Bank of Estonia Rein Otsason.17.05.1990#8254732
Estonian kroon, new Estonian money. Rein Otsason, Estonian financier, economist and banker, head of the Bank of Estonia.17.05.1990#8254723
Republic of Lithuania. After the proclamation of Lithuania's independence on March 11, 1990, the Supreme Council of Lithuania adopted a resolution "On the non-application of the Law of the USSR on military service to citizens of the Republic of Lithuania". After the adoption of this resolution, many young men of military age refuse to serve in the army of the Soviet Union. In one of the military enlistment offices in Vilnius.22.04.1990#3168112
Lithuanian SSR. A rally of supporters of Lithuania's independence and secession from USSR organized by Sąjudis, a Lithuanian public and political movement.05.04.1990#6726325
Lithuanian SSR. A rally of supporters of Lithuania's independence and secession from USSR organized by Sąjudis, a Lithuanian public and political movement.05.04.1990#6726324
Lithuanian SSR. A rally of supporters of Lithuania's independence and secession from USSR organized by Sąjudis, a Lithuanian public and political movement. Calls for a dialogue between Moscow and Lithuania can be seen on posters.05.04.1990#6726317
Lithuanian SSR. After Lithuania's independence on March 11, 1990, the Supreme Council of Lithuania adopted a resolution On the Non-Application of the USSR Law on Military Duty to Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania. After the adoption, many young men of military age refuse to serve in the army of the Soviet Union. Officers of the military commander's office are interrogating deserters.02.04.1990#6726320
Klaipeda, the Lithuanian SSR. A rally organized by employees of the Litrybprom (Lithuanian Fisheries Industry) Production Association in support of decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Photo: M. Menzhinsky reads out the working people's appeal to President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.02.04.1990#6726319
The first session of the Lithuanian Supreme Council, March 10-11, 1990. A rally to support the adoption of declaration on the restoration of Lithuanian's independence.11.03.1990#6670777
The first session of the Lithuanian Supreme Council, March 10-11, 1990. Electing the chair.11.03.1990#6670776
The first session of the Lithuanian Supreme Council, March 10-11, 1990. The deputies vote for adopting the declaration on the restoration of Lithuanian's independence.11.03.1990#6670769
Private businessperson A. Ladygin, a member of the cooperative movement, sells his goods at a marketplace.01.03.1990#8205323
March 4, 1990. Electing People's Deputies of RSFSR . Photo: A. Peshkov, a police unit commander, and his family are going to a polling station.01.03.1990#8205322
Azerbaijan SSR. Ethnic pogrom in Baku. 13-20 January 1990. Armenian refugees evacuated to the Baku - Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) ferry in closed car guarded by USSR police.17.01.1990#3171174
