From right: Speaker of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the Armenian SSR Levon Ter-Petrosyan and President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin after signing the Inter-Republican Economic Treaty in the Kremlin.18.10.1991#8231677
In 1989, Soviet miners staged the first open mass strikes in the country. IN the spring of 1989, Vorkuta was the venue for the first strike at Severnaya (Northern) mine that escalated into a hunger strike. Activists gathered at Vorgashorskaya mine, now Vorkutaugol-Vorgashorskaya Mine, and listed demands, voiced at a meeting with members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta. Photo: Meeting of the workers' committee at Khalmer-Yu mine, shut down in 1996.15.11.1989#6558241
Natalya Dashevskaya, staff member of the information and computing center at the Ministry of Oil Industry of the USSR, takes a horse-riding session with her instructor.01.10.1988#6289015
The 1986 Goodwill Games, which took place in Moscow on July 5-20, 1986. Louise Ball (Great Britain) competes in the equestrian show jumping event at the women's modern pentathlon individual all-around competition at Bitsa Equestrian Center.06.07.1986#8831345
The 1986 Goodwill Games, which took place in Moscow on July 5-20, 1986. Sophie Moressee (France), silver medalist of the women's modern pentathlon individual all-around competition, is seen during the equestrian show jumping event at Bitsa Equestrian Center.06.07.1986#8831172
