Moscow State University students supported the initiative of Harvard University to solidarize with Chinese students in connection with yet another anniversary of shooting protesters on Beijing's Tiananmen Square.13.05.2023#8432899
Personal belongings of Soviet troops found in the Myasnoi Bor where fierce battles took place during the Great Patriotic War.01.07.2019#5934577
A visitor at the exhibition "Russia 21st Century: Challenges and Priorities" at the Museum of Contemporary Russian History.12.12.2016#2993038
USSR ex-President Mikhail Gorbachev at the opening of the exhibition "Mikhail Gorbachev. Perestroika".24.01.2011#847168
YUKOS former head Mikhail Khodorkovsky believes that Barack Obama's triumph in the U.S. presidential election marks a "leftist turn" - the beginning of the neo-socialism era, brought about by the credit crunch and the global problems accumulated for years.07.11.2008#357344
TV host Svetlana Sorokina, winner of the Olimpia National Women's Recognition Award in the Journalist of the Year category.04.03.2004#1347228
Director of the Institute of Economics of the Transitional Period and leader of the movement Russia's Democratic Choice Yegor Gaidar.04.11.1999#804198
Tyumen, Russia. Members of the Dzerzhinets (Dzerzhinsky Fan) Extra-Curricular Club for Teenagers, located in an old local water tower since 1966.10.03.1998#8534371
Russian President Boris Yeltsin welcoming guests and participants in a New Year performance, the State Kremlin Palace.08.01.1996#768182
The President of Russia Boris Yeltsin meeting children - the winners of the International Charitable Program "New Names" and the winners of international School Olympiads.01.02.1995#768169
The President of Russia Boris Yeltsin meeting children - the winners of the International Charitable Program "New Names" and the winners of international School Olympiads.01.02.1995#768168
Russian president Boris Yeltsin answering question of Muscovites after visiting a book store in the center of Moscow10.06.1994#768165
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation considers the legitimacy of the Russian President's executive orders on prohibiting the USSR Communist Party and the Russian Communist Party, as well as reviewing the compliance of the USSR Communist Party and the Russian Communist Party with the Constitution. Left: Alexander Yakovlev, former secretary of the USSR Communist Party, member of the Political Bureau, member of the USSR Presidential Council, Senior Advisor to the USSR President, State Councilor of the USSR President, one of the ideologists and "architects" of the perestroika and witness in the case, before the hearing.30.11.1992#6584561
Kulyab, Khatlon Region. Civil war in Tajikistan is an armed intra-ethnic conflict between supporters of the central government and various groups represented by the United Tajik Opposition.18.08.1992#8807334
Meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yegor Gaidar (second on the right). Discussion of the course of economic reforms in the country.23.05.1992#8258877
Meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation, held under the leadership of the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Yegor Gaidar. Discussion of the course of economic reforms in the country. Center: Alexei Yablokov, First State Adviser of the Russian Federation on Ecology and Health Policy.23.05.1992#8258876
The Trifles of Our Life exhibition in the Moscow art gallery (squat) in Trekhprudny Pereulok. Exhibition organizer, artist Dmitry Gutov prepared 50 kg of small coins for the exhibition to exchange them for paper money.05.12.1991#5561670
Tents outside the Bakhchysarai City Executive Council building. Crimean Tatars demand legalization of their return to the lands that used to be their property. Crimean Region, Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8329308
On November 14, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a declaration on the restoration of the rights of the deported peoples. A mass return of Crimean Tatars from places of deportation began. A resident of the city of Fergana in the Uzbek SSR returned to her historical homeland, the Crimean Region of the Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225283
A rally demanding the legalization of the return of the Crimean Tatars to the lands that belonged to them in the past, the Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225282
Andrei Klimenko, head of the ideological department of the Crimean Regional Party Committee, during a roundtable discussion on inter-ethnic problems with representatives of the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225280
A rally demanding the legalization of the return of the Crimean Tatars to the lands that belonged to them in the past, the Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225279
A roundtable discussion on inter-ethnic problems featuring representatives of the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225278
A roundtable meeting on inter-ethnic issues attended by representatives of Crimean Tatars. Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225277
A roundtable discussion on inter-ethnic problems featuring representatives of the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8225276
A rally demanding the return of Crimean Tatars to the land that used to be their property. Ukrainian SSR.10.10.1991#8227525
The first trading session of the Broker Trading House at the Russian Goods and Commodities Exchange in Moscow.21.09.1991#8232676
The Gem of Russia beauty contest, which takes place at the Mossovet Theater (now the Mossovet State Academic Theater) in Moscow. Winner of the beauty contest Svetlana Ovchinnikova.19.09.1991#8599906
The Gem of Russia beauty contest, which takes place at the Mossovet Theater (now the Mossovet State Academic Theater) in Moscow. From left: Anna Sterlina from Moscow, who took third place, Svetlana Ovchinnikova from Astrakhan, first place winner, and Ilmira Shamsutdinova from Saratov, who took second place.19.09.1991#8599905
The Gem of Russia beauty contest, which takes place at the Mossovet Theater (now the Mossovet State Academic Theater) in Moscow.19.09.1991#8599904
Center: Natalya Fateyeva, Soviet actress, TV host and People's Actor of the USSR, at the Gem of Russia beauty contest, which takes place at the Mossovet Theater (now the Mossovet State Academic Theater) in Moscow.19.09.1991#8599903
Anna Sterlina from Moscow, who won the third place at the Gem of Russia beauty contest, which takes place at the Mossovet Theater (now the Mossovet State Academic Theater) in Moscow.19.09.1991#8599902
News conference with Eduard Tenyakov, President of the Moscow Stock Exchange and the Chelyabinsk Universal Exchange.18.09.1991#6365738
Transportation of the monument to the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky from Lubyanka Square to the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled by order of the Moscow Soviet in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591048
A monument to the leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin in the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent the signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591047
A monument to the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky in the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent the signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591046
An extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR, convened after an abortive coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. The coup's perpetrators tried to stop the breakup of the Soviet Union and to prevent the signing of the Union Treaty. Center: Alexander Yakovlev, Member of the Soviet Presidential Council, takes partr in the session.26.08.1991#8595570
Moscow. August 19-31, 1991. The First Congress of Compatriots involved about 700 compatriots from non-Soviet foreign countries. In this photo, the delegates are visiting the Presentation of the Virgin Optina Hermitage Monastery near Kozelsk in the Kaluga Region.24.08.1991#8595741
Moscow. August 19-31, 1991. The First Congress of Compatriots involved about 700 compatriots from non-Soviet foreign countries. In this photo, the delegates are standing near military equipment, abandoned not far from Red Square after an abortive by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency . The coup's perpetrators tried to stop the breakup of the Soviet Union and to prevent the signing of the Union Treaty.23.08.1991#8595742
The extraordinary meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened to address the attempted coup d'état in the USSR staged by members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP).21.08.1991#8230824
Vice President of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutskoi, second right, People's Deputy of the USSR Sergei Stankevich, near Rutskoi, at an emergency session of RSFSR Supreme Soviet, convened in connection with an attempted coup in the Soviet Union by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency.21.08.1991#8230823
The extraordinary meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened to address the attempted coup d'état in the USSR staged by members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP). From left: Moscow City Council deputies Vladimir Daineko, Alexander Tsopov, Lev Ivanov and Valery Ikishcheli, who went on an indefinite hunger strike until Vyacheslav Komissarov, the only legitimate head of the Moscow City Executive Committee's Main Department of Internal Affairs, actually takes office.21.08.1991#8230822
Armed guards near the doors of an auditorium hosting an emergency session of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament) in connection with an abortive coup d’état in the Soviet Union involving members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency.21.08.1991#8230819
An extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened in connection with an attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee. Colonel General Konstantin Kobets, appointed to the post of Minister of Defense of the RSFSR, temporarily established on August 20, 1991 until the activities of the constitutional bodies of state power and administration of the USSR were fully restored, during a speech.21.08.1991#8598558
Third left: RSFSR President Boris Yeltsin and Acting Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov (center) at the Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, convened in connection with the attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee.21.08.1991#8598555
From left: President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin and acting chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov at the Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, convened in connection with the attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee.21.08.1991#8589249
Extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened in connection with an attempted coup d'état in the USSR by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. Moscow City Council deputies Vladimir Daineko, Alexander Tsopov, Lev Ivanov and Valery Ikishcheli (from left), who went on an indefinite hunger strike until the actual entry into office of the only legitimate head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, Major General Vyacheslav Sergeevich Komissarov.21.08.1991#8274956
Extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened in connection with an attempted coup d'état in the USSR by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. Security at the doors of the meeting room.21.08.1991#8274953
Vice President of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutskoi, second right, and USSR People's Deputy Sergei Stankevich, center, at an emergency session of the RSFSR Supreme Council convened after an attempted coup in the USSR by the State Committee on the State of Emergency.21.08.1991#8274941
First Deputy Chairman of the RSFSR Council of Ministers Oleg Lobov speaks at an emergency session of the RSFSR Supreme Council convened after an attempted coup in the USSR by the State Committee on the State of Emergency.21.08.1991#8274938
August 19, 1991. Vasily Starodubtsev, Chairman of the Peasant Union of the USSR, at a news conference with members of State Committee for the State of Emergency at the Soviet Foreign Ministry's Press Center on Moscow's Zubovsky Boulevard.19.08.1991#8204271
A news conference on the presentation of Eduard Shevardnadze's book,"My choice. In Defense of Democracy and Freedom". A meeting with the Moscow public.29.07.1991#5559110
A news conference on the presentation of Eduard Shevardnadze's book,"My choice. In Defense of Democracy and Freedom". A meeting with the Moscow public.29.07.1991#5559108
A news conference on the presentation of Eduard Shevardnadze's book,"My choice. In Defense of Democracy and Freedom". A meeting with the Moscow public.29.07.1991#5558972
A Europarliament's delegation visits the USSR. Chairman of the USSR Supreme Council Anatoly Lukyanov, center, and President of the European Parliament Enrique Baron Crespo, left, before the talks begin in the Kremlin.22.07.1991#5501288