The monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is decorated with flowers after it's been unveiled, in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729415
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, left, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, second left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and Ermolay Solzhenitsyn, right, attend the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729451
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, attends the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729421
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Stepan Solzhenitsyn during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729516
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna, right, pose for a photo during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729515
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, poses for a photo during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729427
Famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna lays flowers at the monument to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn during its unveiling ceremony in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729514
Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn during its unveiling ceremony, in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729420
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna as she speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729403
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna as she speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729404
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, listens to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna as she speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729510
The monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is pictured after it's been unveiled, in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729406
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729371
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729493
From left, Russian politician Igor Shchyogolev, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729513
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna attends the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729492
The monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is pictured after it's been unveiled, in Moscow, Russia.11.12.2018#5729408
An exhibit "Watch out: Religion" by Vladislav Mamyshev-Monro after an act of vandalism at the exhibition "Watch out: Religion" held at Andrey Sakharov Peace, Progress and Human Rights Centre on 14-18 January, which was smashed by extremists.18.01.2004#656748
An exhibit "Untitled" by Vadim Kruglikov after an act of vandalism at the exhibition "Watch out: Religion" held at Andrey Sakharov Peace, Progress and Human Rights Centre on 14-18 January, which was smashed by extremists.18.01.2004#643142
"Seven deadly sins" photo by Konstantin Batynkov after an act of vandalism at the exhibition "Watch out: Religion" held at Andrey Sakharov Peace, Progress and Human Rights Centre on 14-18 January, which was smashed by extremists.18.01.2004#643141
"New word" photo by Oleg Kulin after an act of vandalism after an act of vandalism at the exhibition "Watch out: Religion" held at Andrey Sakharov Peace, Progress and Human Rights Centre on 14-18 January, which was smashed by extremists.18.01.2004#643139
Yegor Stroyev, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and prominent Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.16.05.1999#8889642
Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky attending Economic Freedom Party congress, Parliamentary Center, Russian Federation05.12.1992#142541
Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Region. Priest Gleb Yakunin, People's Deputy of Russia, member of the Ethnic Council of the RSFSR Supreme Counicil, conducts a consecration ceremony on the island of Shikotan (Lesser Kuril Chain).01.10.1992#6584504
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (right) and President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel.01.04.1992#861371
The Dalai Lama at the house of academician Andrei Sakharov. During the Buddhist leader's unofficial visit to Moscow.01.07.1991#23941
The Dalai Lama (left) talking to Yelena Bonner, widow of Andrei Sakharov, (right) at her place. During the Buddhist leader's unofficial visit to Moscow.01.07.1991#23939
The Dalai Lama (left) and Yelena Bonner, widow of Andrei Sakharov, (right) at her place. During the Buddhist leader's unofficial visit to Moscow.01.07.1991#23934
Memorial rally for academician Andrei Sakharov on his 70th birthday, on May 21, 1991, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.21.05.1991#6610246
A photo exhibition organized by the Izvestia journal of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now Izvestia of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and marking Andrei Sakharov's 70th anniversary. Andrei Sakharov's daughter Tatyana at the opening of the exhibition.21.05.1991#6610242
Russian Orthodox priest Gleb Yakunin speaks at a memorial rally for academician Andrei Sakharov on his 70th birthday, on May 21, 1991, on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.21.05.1991#6610240
Leader of the Democratic Union party Valeria Novodvorskaya, charged with publicly insulting honor and dignity of the USSR President, on trial at the Moscow City Court.18.02.1991#8188672
Leader of the Democratic Union party Valeria Novodvorskaya, charged with publicly insulting honor and dignity of the USSR President, on trial at the Moscow City Court.18.02.1991#8188671
Moscow. Participants in the 4th Congress of USSR People's Deputies honored the memory of Andrei Sakharov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, in Vostryakovskoye Cemetery.17.12.1990#8140440
Participants in the 4th Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR came to Vostryakovskoye cemetery to honor the memory of Academician Andrei Sakharov.17.12.1990#8140438
A memorial ceremony for Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) at 48-B Zemlyanoi Val where he lived (now the Sakharov Peace, Progress and Human Rights Museum and Public Center).07.11.1990#773169
A memorial ceremony for Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) at 48-B Zemlyanoi Val where he lived (now the Sakharov Peace, Progress and Human Rights Museum and Public Center).07.11.1990#773168
Funeral ceremony near the house of Academician Andrei Sakharov (192101989) lived at 48-B Zemlyanoi Val Street (currently, the Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Centre Peace, Progress and Human Rights).07.11.1990#773162
A building in Moscow where Andrei Sakharov, Soviet theoretical physicist, member of the USSR Academy of Science, Nobel Peace Prize winner, lived and died.01.11.1990#8338868
Russian poetess Writer Lidia Chukovskaya, the daughter of writer Korkei Chukovswky, receives the Sakharov Award For Writers' Civic Courage.05.10.1990#8214200
Presenting the Andrei Sakharov Prize For Civil Courage of a Writer to Russian poetess, daughter of the writer Korney Chukovsky Lidia Chukovskaya.05.10.1990#8335781
Asya Lashchiver, member of the liberal democratic faction of the Democratic Union party (leader of the party: Valeria Novodvorskaya).17.08.1990#8341644
I Union Congress of Independent Labor Movements and Associations in Novokuznetsk. It was attended by representatives of the strike committees of Vorkuta, Kuzbass, Donbass, Karaganda and other regions of the USSR. People's Deputy of the RSFSR, clergyman Gleb Yakunin speaking at a solidarity rally.30.04.1990#8446021
The inaugural meeting of Kemerovo's office of the Democratic Union opposition party. From left: one of the party founders Alexander Eliovich and the party activist Fred Anadenko attend the meeting.15.03.1990#8414123
A delegate asks a question at the inaugural meeting of Kemerovo's office of the Democratic Union opposition party.15.03.1990#8413995
General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Václav Havel signing the Declaration on Relations between the USSR and the CSSR in the Kremlin, Moscow. February 1990.27.02.1990#854856
The General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, right, and the President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel, left, signed the Declaration on the relations between the USSR and the CSSR.27.02.1990#768288
The General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, right, and the President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel signed the Declaration on the relations between the USSR and the CSSR.27.02.1990#768287
The General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, right, and the President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel signing the Declaration on the relations between the USSR and the CSSR.27.02.1990#768286
General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Václav Havel having talks in the Kremlin, Moscow. February 1990.26.02.1990#854857
The General Secretary of the CPSU CC, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and the President of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel during the negotiations in Kremlin.26.02.1990#768289
Georgian SSR. A pro-independence rally in Tbilisi. Irakli Tsereteli, a leader of the National Democratic Party of Georgia, addresses the rally.01.02.1990#6676773
Bidding farewell to Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, prominent public figure, three-time Hero of Socialist Labor, Nobel Peace Prize winner, USSR people's deputy. Youth Palace in Moscow. December 18, 1989.18.12.1989#6644916
Intellectuals meet to discuss inter-ethnic relations at the Political Education House in Moscow. Center: Soviet mathematician Igor Shafarevich, DSc (Physics and Mathematics), Associate Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Department Head at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, attends the meeting.15.12.1989#6743146
USSR People's Deputy and Nobel Peace Prize winner, academician Andrei Sakharov (center) during a break between sessions of the 2nd Congress of People's Deputies.12.12.1989#946061
USSR People's Deputy and Nobel Peace Prize winner, academic Andrei Sakharov during a session of the 2nd Congress of People's Deputies.12.12.1989#945945
Deputy of the Seimas of the Polish People's Republic, Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza of the Solidarity trade union (published since 1989) Adam Michnik, a prominent Polish dissident, one of the opposition leaders in socialist Poland and adviser to the pro-democracy Solidarity movement.25.10.1989#6558222
Uzbek SSR. A rally on Lenin Square in Tashkent, organized by the Birlik (Unity) informal association, a right-wing opposition group and unregistered party that advocated Uzbekistan's independence from the USSR, democratic changes and Uzbek language as the official one.21.10.1989#8132536
