Pyotr Mityashin, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, and fragments of his lacquer miniatures. His work range from covering failrytale, epic, historical and biblical events to iconpainting. One of the founders of the Kholui lacquer miniatures. Collage.06.08.1996#5842988
Pyotr Mityashin, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, a painter at the Kholui factory of lacquer miniatures (currently Kholui Factory of Lacquer Art Miniatures), participant and winner of Soviet and international exhibitions, one of the founders of the Kholui lacquer miniatures.06.08.1996#5842959
Merited Artist of the RSFSR Vladimir Belov and pieces of his miniature lacquer paintings. The artist covers historical and space themes and fairytales. The famous 'Firebird' became the symbol of Kholui craft. A collage.06.07.1996#5812002
The Moscow Region. The writers' village of Peredelkino. Poet Robert Rozhdestvensky with grandsons Alexei, right, and Dmitry.01.06.1994#2985293
Cossacks from a Stanitsa (Cossack village) in the former Cherkassk District of the Don Cossack Army.01.06.1993#6404870
Folklore festival in the ancient village of Sudnozero, Karel ASSR. A member of a folklore band from the Olonets District.15.07.1991#6614114
The temple complex of the Nyonok parish is located in the center of the village, on a large area, limited around the perimeter by manor and public buildings of the 19th-20th centuries. Tall tents dominating the architectural appearance of the town's cult center organically fit into the landscape of the village. An architectural monument of Russian wooden architecture in the village of Nyonoksa (included in the architectural fund of the Malyye Korely Museum) of the Arkhangelsk Region.15.08.1990#8446390
The Starocherkasskaya History and Architecture Museum and Reserve, Rostov Region. A bust of Count Matvei Platov, Ataman of the Don Cossack Troops and Cavalry General, by sculptor Mikhail Znamensky.01.10.1989#6743060
Mikhail Astapenko, research fellow of the Starocherkasskaya History and Architecture Museum and Reserve in the Rostov Region.01.10.1989#6743051
The Starocherkasskaya History and Architecture Museum and Reserve in the Rostov Region. Schoolchildren visit the Resurrection Military Cathedral.01.10.1989#6743050
A cast iron cannon and cannon balls on display at the Starocherkasskaya History and Architecture Museum and Reserve in the Rostov Region.01.10.1989#6743049
Mikhail Astapenko, research fellow of the Starocherkasskaya History and Architecture Museum and Reserve in the Rostov Region.01.10.1989#6743048
Horse harness on display at the Starocherkasskaya History and Architecture Museum and Reserve, Rostov Region.01.10.1989#6743046
A delegation of Ingrian Finns at the old Finnish cemetery in the village of Koltushi, Leningrad Region. They travelled from Finland to honor the memory of tens of thousands of Ingrian Finns who were deported and repressed by the Soviet government in the 1930s. The massive eviction of Ingrians from their native lands led to a nearly complete extinction of the Ingrian population from the areas of their traditional residence in the Leningrad Region and Karelia.24.06.1989#6541017
Republic of Cuba. Baconao National Park 60 km from Santiago de cuba. The main gate imitating an old castle.29.03.1989#6738538
Archaeological excavation in the oldest settlement of Staraya Ladoga in the Leningrad Region.15.06.1988#6551265
The 175th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino (1812). Participants of a historical reenactment at an outdoor theater to the west of the Borodino village at the Borodino State Military Historical Museum and Reserve.01.09.1987#5947878
The Varzi Manor ancient minaret in Ayni village (12th century), Tajikistan, dating from the Islamic-Iranian civilization, has been preserved in the urban-type settlement of Ayni, located on the southern slope of the Zeravshan Range. The ancient minaret stands adjacent to modern buildings.17.09.1986#9011457
Mestia is a small highland village, the center of Upper Svaneti. It is located on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus. Highlanders during haymaking. Georgian SSR.22.06.1985#8770784
Vladimir Lenin's Siberian Exile Museum and Reserve in Shushenskoye (now Shushenskoye Museum and Reserve). A group of students during a themed tour.11.10.1984#8767674
Vladimir Lenin's Siberian Exile Museum and Reserve in Shushenskoye (now Shushenskoye Museum and Reserve). A group of students during a themed tour.11.10.1984#8767653
A girl living in Talsi, northwestern Latvia, in the historical region of Courland (Kurzeme).01.07.1982#6710651
Church of the Ascension of the Lord (XVI century). Kolomenskoye State Art Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve.22.08.1981#8321957
Kolomenskoye State Artistic Historical-Architectural and Nature-Landscape Museum-Reserve. The 18th century Peter the Great House was built in 1702 on Markov Island in the mouth of the Severnaya (North) Dvina River, saved from destruction and relocated to Kolomenskoye in 1934. It currently houses the Builder, Seafarer, Hero exhibition featuring genuine artifacts dating to the 16th and 17th centuries.22.08.1981#8323539
State Art Historical-Architectural and Natural-Landscape Museum-Reserve Kolomenskoye. Passage tower of the Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery (XVII century), located near Arkhangelsk and closed in the 1920s. The tower was moved to Kolomenskoye in 1933 after the White Sea-Onega scientific expedition in 1931.22.08.1981#8321958
Monumental compositions "Step of Memory of Concentration Camps", "Memory Square" and "Village Cemetery", included in the architecture of the Khatyn Memorial Complex in the Belarusian SSR.15.05.1981#8514821
The Wall of Memory with the names of concentration camps; the Square of Memory; and the Cemetery of Villages, parts of the Khatyn Memorial Complex in the Belarusian SSR.15.05.1981#8514816
The Ushguli architectural ensemble, an architectural and historical site in the Georgian SSR.08.05.1980#8897136
An old house preserved as a historical site in Vertelishki, Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic.01.06.1978#6748336
A shot from the epic film "Soldiers of Freedom." Director Yury Ozerov. Scriptwriters Bohuslav Hnoupeck, Oskar Kurganov, Dimitar Metodiev, Yury Ozerov, Petre Salcudean, Atanas Semerdzhiev, Zbigniew Zaluski. Joint production of Mosfilm and film studios of Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany (GDR), Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, 1977.01.04.1977#774363
Still from film When a Woman Saddles a Horse directed by Khodzhakuli Narliyev at Turkmenfilm Studio. Starring actress Maya-Gozel Aimedova as Artykgul and Khodzhakuli Narliyev as her husband.15.06.1974#6503730
Still from film When a Woman Saddles a Horse directed by Khodzhakuli Narliyev at Turkmenfilm Studio. Starring actress Maya-Gozel Aimedova as Artykgul.15.06.1974#6503727
Ivanovo Region. Village of Palekh. A view of the village from the Krestovozdvizhenskaya Church belltower.01.06.1974#2930028
The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The alpine village of Kubachi in Dakhadaevsky District, a traditional area of artistic metalwork, wood- and stone-carving.10.10.1972#5685875
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The village of Korelva. St. Trinity church, right.05.07.1970#5578280
Georgian SSR. Highland village of Khakhmati in Khevsureti, a historical region in northeastern Georgia. Young Khevsur (ethnographic group of Georgians, indigenous people of the mountainous region of Khevsureti) in national costume. A distinctive feature of the national costume of the Khevsurs is the abundance of embroidery on their clothes. The Khevsurs are armed with a large dagger on their belt and a saber.01.06.1969#8746559
Georgian SSR. Highland village of Khakhmati in Khevsureti, a historical region in northeastern Georgia. Young Khevsurs (ethnographic group of Georgians, indigenous population of the mountainous region of Khevsureti) wearing ethnic clothes.01.06.1969#8746551
The Kolomenskoye museum-reserve. The Ascension Cgurch, 1528-1532 by architect Petr Francizsk Anibale (Pyotr Fryazin).05.07.1968#5938123
The Svan Towers in the village of Mestia, Upper Svaneti (9th-12th century). Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.13.09.1967#6128756
Kubakchi, a high altitude village in Dakahdayevsky District, Dagestan ASSR, is a traditional center of metal working, stone and wood carving.30.06.1966#6101378
The Yemen Arab Republic. A palace atop Dar Al-Hajar (Imam's Palace) rock in the village of Suk al Wadi in the Wadi Dahr Valley 15 km off Yemen's capital city of Sanaa.22.05.1966#5888698
Georgian SSR. A wedding in the Natanebi village, Ozurgetsky District, Guria Historical Region. Guests welcome the wedding train.23.07.1965#6019538
Georgian SSR. A wedding in the Natanebi village, Ozurgetsky District, Guria Historical Region. The toast master is saying a toast.23.07.1965#6019537
Georgian SSR. A wedding in the Natanebi village, Ozurgetsky District, Guria Historical Region. Food for the guests is being cooked.23.07.1965#6019536
Georgian SSR. A wedding in the Natanebi village, Ozurgetsky District, Guria Historical Region. The toast master holds a horn of good Georgian wine.23.07.1965#6019535
The Mikhail Lomonosov historical memorial museum in the village of Lomonosovo, Arkhangelsk Region.01.02.1960#5625698
