Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Physical Culture and Tourism Shamil Tarpischev awarding Sergey Sisoyev, sports activist of Moscow society Spartak with Order of Friendship.05.09.1995#635015
2nd from right: Jugderdemidiin Gurragchaa, the first Mongolian in space and Hero of the Soviet Union, during a meeting of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries in Moscow. 2nd from left: Viktor Gorbatko, Aviation Major General, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union. 3rd from left: Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.15.07.1991#8752788
Left: Indian economist, professor at Aston University (Britain) Pavan Budhvar at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (now the Russian Association for International Cooperation).01.06.1991#6693946
Left: Indian economist, professor at Aston University (Britain) Pavan Budhvar at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (now the Russian Association for International Cooperation).01.06.1991#6693943
Norway Days in Ukraine. Kiev residents receive a Norwegian delegation headed by the Arne Kokwold, the mayor of the mining town of Roros. Members of the delegation view St Andrew's Church (from 1968 to 2008 it served as a museum, then it was transferred to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The church was built i 1747-1753 in the style of Elizabethan baroque after Bartolomeo Rastrelli's design on St Andrew's Hill. The road from the church connects the upper town with its lower part, Kiev historical part called Podol. Ukrainian SSR.02.10.1990#6643024
Norway Days in Ukraine. Kiev residents receive a Norwegian delegation headed by the Arne Kokwold, the mayor of the mining town of Roros. Gunnar Gudmundsen, right, secretary-general of the Norway-USSR friendship society, presents a gift (a model of a viking ship) to Vasily Osnach, chairman of the Ukrainian friendship society, Ukrainian SSR.02.10.1990#6643016
Members of the Pele Club of the Cheryomushki sewing association (Cheryomushki firm), a collective member of the USSR-Brazil friendship society. Young fans of the Pele Club from the Cheryomushki kindergarten.30.09.1990#8362305
Members of the Pele Club of the Cheryomushki sewing association (Cheryomushki firm), a collective member of the USSR-Brazil friendship society. This woman is also a member of the Pele Club.30.09.1990#8362308
Members of the Pele Club of the Cheryomushki sewing association (Cheryomushki firm), a collective member of the USSR-Brazil friendship society. The enterprise's stomatology office.30.09.1990#8362307
Members of the Pele Club of the Cheryomushki sewing association (Cheryomushki firm), a collective member of the USSR-Brazil friendship society. A group of fashion designers.30.09.1990#8362306
Members of the Pele Club of the Cheryomushki sewing association (Cheryomushki firm), a collective member of the USSR-Brazil friendship society. Seamstress Ms. Ulyankina in the cutting shop.27.09.1990#8360970
A delegation of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (now the Russian Association for International Cooperation) visits Japan. The Soviet delegation presents the mayor of Heda with a portrait of Yevfimiy Putyatin, a Russian admiral and diplomat who signed the first treaty of friendship and trade with Japan in 1855.22.09.1990#6657167
A delegation of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (now the Russian Association for International Cooperation) visits Japan. The delegation members are greeted by Takeshige Ishiguro, president of the Japanese-Soviet Ties Society.22.09.1990#6656737
Selling souvenirs at the International Exhibition Nagasaki Journey-1990, organized by the USSR-Japan Society.01.09.1990#8215259
Visitors attend the international exhibition "Nagasaki: 1990 Journey", organized by the USSR-Japan society.01.09.1990#8215066
Visitors attend the international exhibition "Nagasaki: 1990 Journey", organized by the USSR-Japan society.01.09.1990#8215062
Visitors attend the international exhibition "Nagasaki: 1990 Journey", organized by the USSR-Japan society.01.09.1990#8215059
An Indian delegation and members of the USSR-India Friendship Society during a meeting at the House of Friendship with Foreign Peoples (now Government Reception House) marking the 43rd anniversary of India's independence.15.08.1990#8344143
Members of an Indian delegation and the USSR-India Friendship Society meet at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's receptions House, in connection with the 43rd anniversary of India's independence.15.08.1990#8344131
The Days of Afghanistan in the Moldavian SSR. Members of an Afghan delegation headed by Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Abdul Hamid Mohtat visit a school in Kishinev.01.07.1990#8432983
The Days of Afghanistan in the Moldavian SSR. Members of an Afghan delegation headed by Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Abdul Hamid Mohtat, second right, visit the city of Tiraspol.01.07.1990#8432970
Afghan Friendship Festival in the USSR. Gala evening dedicated to the opening of the Days of Soviet-Afghan friendship in Moscow. Left: Soviet artist Pyotr Vasilyev presents his work to Vice President of the Republic of Afghanistan Abdul Hamid Mokhtat.01.07.1990#8429246
Afghan Friendship Festival in the USSR. Gala evening dedicated to the opening of the Days of Soviet-Afghan friendship in Moscow. Vice-President of the Republic of Afghanistan Abdul Hamid Mohtat delivers a welcoming speech. Fifth right in the presidium: Chairman of the Soviet-Afghan Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations Yury Shaposhnikov.01.07.1990#8429231
The Days of Afghanistan in the Moldavian SSR. Members of an Afghan delegation headed by Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Abdul Hamid Mohtat visit Secondary School No. 38 in Kishinev. The school's students have prepared a concert for the guests.01.07.1990#8433185
Signing joint policy documents at the Russian-Japanese Friendship Society Congress in Tokyo.01.07.1990#8301199
The House of Friendship with peoples of foreign countries in Kalinin Prospect. Former mansion of Arseny Morozov built in 1895-1899 by architect Victor Mazyrin.01.07.1990#509649
A meeting of the International Friendship Club. In the USSR, such voluntary societies existed in almost all educational institutions (universities, secondary schools, colleges), pioneer palaces and youth palaces. The goal of the IFCs was to establish domestic and international contacts with peers.21.05.1990#6727216
A representative of the Union of Soviet Societies of Friendship and Cultural Ties with Foreign Countries during signing of a cultural cooperation protocol with Guinea.04.03.1990#6660425
Members of the Pele Club of the Cheryomushki sewing association (Cheryomushki firm), a collective member of the USSR-Brazil friendship society. Constructors Ansupova and Konovalova.27.01.1990#8360958
A visit by General Jaakko Valtanen, Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, to the USSR. The meeting with core members of the USSR-Finland Friendship Society, now Russia-Finland Friendship Society, at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's Reception House. 3rd right: Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev. 4th right: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova. 5th right: Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, General Jaakko Valtanen25.10.1989#6558227
A visit by General Jaakko Valtanen, Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, to the USSR. The meeting with core members of the USSR-Finland Friendship Society, now Russia-Finland Friendship Society, at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's Reception House. General Jaakko Valtanen presents the golden commemorative medal to Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, and Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev.25.10.1989#6558225
A visit by General Jaakko Valtanen, Chief of Finnish Defense Forces, to the USSR. The meeting with core members of the USSR-Finland Friendship Society, now Russia-Finland Friendship Society, at the House of Friendship with Peoples of Foreign Countries, now the Russian Government's Reception House. From left: General Jaakko Valtanen, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, and Marshal of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev.25.10.1989#6558223
A Luxembourg delegation visits the USSR. Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa visiting the Danilov Monastery.07.03.1989#5927911
A Luxembourg delegation visits the USSR. Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, left, during a meeting with Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Anatoly Lukyanov, third right.07.03.1989#5927540
A Luxembourg delegation visits the USSR. Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, left, during a meeting with members of the Union of Soviet friendship societies (previously the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries).07.03.1989#5927539
A Luxembourg delegation visits the USSR. Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa during a meeting with members of the Union of Soviet friendship societies (previously the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries).07.03.1989#5927538
A Luxembourg delegation visits the USSR. Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, third left, and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa during a meeting with members of the Union of Soviet friendship societies (previously the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries).07.03.1989#5927537
The 4th All-Union Conference of the FRG-USSR Society. Valentina Tereshkova, Chairperson of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, the world's first woman in space, and Hero of the Soviet Union, makes a speech.01.01.1989#6747680
The 4th All-Union Conference of the FRG-USSR Society. The Union of the Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the USSR Andreas Meyer-Landrut makes a speech.01.01.1989#6747677
The 4th All-Union Conference of the FRG-USSR Society. The Union of the Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. President of the Federation of FRG-USSR Societies Dietrich Sperling, right, gives an interview to Alexander Zholkver, journalist, political commentator, and the Soviet Gosteleradio's correspondent in the German Democratic Republic.01.01.1989#6747673
Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, center, in the Soviet Union. She is meeting with members of the USSR-Sweden Friendship Society.01.12.1988#6288954
Members of the Japanese Parliament visit the Soviet Union. Anatoly, Lukyanov, Deputy President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), center, and Valentina Tereshkova, Chair of the Presidium of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Ties with Foreign Countries, third right, with a delegation of Japanese MPs in the Grand Kremlin Palace.01.11.1988#6288887
The international seminar of members of the artistic community from socialist countries at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. From left: Soviet film and stage actor Gennady Pechnikov and Czech film director Stanislav Strnad.20.09.1988#6583821
The international seminar of members of the artistic community from socialist countries at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Theater director Valery Fokin, center, with the meeting participants.20.09.1988#6583818
The international seminar of members of the artistic community from socialist countries at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Hungarian writer Szilveszter Ordogh.20.09.1988#6583560
The international seminar of members of the artistic community from socialist countries at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Theater critic from the People's Republic of Bulgaria Maya Promatorova.20.09.1988#6583559
The international seminar of members of the artistic community from socialist countries at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Polish historian Koshana Kyszweblotska.20.09.1988#6583555
Georgian SSR. The 4th meeting of Soviet and US public representatives on the topic "New political thinking and the culture of international relations" in Tbilisi. Participants in the meeting Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman-cosmonaut and chairperson of the Union of Soviet Friendship Societies, center, and prima ballerina of the Boslhoi Theater Olga Lepeshinskaya, People's Artist of the USSR, during a reception.23.07.1988#6289086
A visit by a delegation of the Congress of the Philippines to the USSR. Filipino parliamentarians during their meeting with members of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR.02.07.1988#6578525
The official meeting to celebrate friendship between the peoples of the USSR and India. Acupuncture and dry needling specialists at the meeting at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.01.07.1988#6585378
A visit by a delegation of the Congress of the Philippines to the USSR. Head of the Filipino delegation and Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines, Orlando Mercado, 2nd right, during his meeting with Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Augusts Voss, 4th left.01.07.1988#6579465
A visit by a delegation of the Congress of the Philippines to the USSR. From left: Orlando Mercado, head of the Filipino delegation and Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines, during his meeting with Augusts Voss, Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.01.07.1988#6579464
A visit by a delegation of the Congress of the Philippines to the USSR. Chairperson of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the world's first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, 2nd left, during the talks with members of the Filipino delegation.01.07.1988#6578524
A visit by a delegation of the Congress of the Philippines to the USSR. Valentina Tereshkova, Chairperson of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the world's first woman in space, greets Orlando Mercado, head of the Filipino delegation and Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines.01.07.1988#6578522
British schoolchildren Jacqueline Smith and Stephen King, winners of the writing contests "Why I would like to visit the USSR," are in Leninskaya Iskra summer children's camp outside of Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.03.06.1988#6542359
British schoolchildren Jacqueline Smith and Stephen King, winners of the writing contests "Why I would like to visit the USSR," visit Kiev-Pechora Lavra, Ukrainian SSR. Background: the Trinity gateway church.03.06.1988#6542358
British schoolchildren Jacqueline Smith and Stephen King, winners of the writing contests "Why I would like to visit the USSR," are in Leninskaya Iskra children's summer camp outside of Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.03.06.1988#6542354
A roundtable discussion at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (now Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, or Rossotrudnichestvo). Ambassador of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (now Cambodia) to the USSR, Hor Namhong, makes a speech.03.06.1988#6595979
