The Gomel Region in Belarus. Residents of the village of Pogost take part in the authentic Generous Evening ritual on Old New Year Eve.13.01.2021#6437677
Chairman of Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin, 5th right, and Chairman of Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR Leonid Kravchuk, 3rd left, discuss the bilateral agreement between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR.19.11.1990#8214907
The ethnic-political conflict between Azerbaijani and Armenian nationals in Nagorno Karabakh, the Azerbaijani SSR. The inter-community conflict was caused by long-time historical and cultural factors and became aggravated during the perestroika period when national movements started asserting themselves in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Photo: S. Ferdun-Ogly Ibragimov, Second Secretary, Agdam District Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.02.11.1989#8140405
Nikolajs Neilands, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, People's Deputy of the USSR, during a roundtable meeting on ethnic issues in the Baltic states.01.11.1989#6562760
Chair of Czech National Council Josef Kempny visits the USSR. Josef Kempny's meeting (third left) with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Alexander Vlasov (fourth right).17.10.1989#6555073
Chair of Czech National Council Josef Kempny visits the USSR. Members of the Politburo of the Communist Party Central Committee Alexander Yakovlev (left) and Vitaly Vorotnikov (center) before the conversation with Josef Kempny (right) in the Communist Party Central Committee.17.10.1989#6555072
A visit by a Arab delegation to the USSR. Secretary of Commission on Foreign Affairs of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Vadim Zagladin, right, during the meeting with members of the committee on inter-Arab and international affairs of the People's Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by N. Dwaidari, right.15.06.1988#6551269
A visit by a Arab delegation to the USSR. First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Pyotr Demichev, 5th right, during the meeting with members of the committee on inter-Arab and international affairs of the People's Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic.15.06.1988#6551267
A visit by a Arab delegation to the USSR. First deputy Chairman of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Pyotr Demichev, 4th right, during the talks with members of the committee on inter-Arab and international affairs of the People's Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by N. Dwaidari, right.15.06.1988#6551266
A visit by a Arab delegation to the USSR. Secretary of Commission on Foreign Affairs of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Vadim Zagladin, left, during the talks with members of the committee on inter-Arab and international affairs of the People's Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by N. Dwaidari, right.15.06.1988#6551264
Goodwill Games, July 5-20, 1986. Athletes from different countries are at a mixer party at the international club in Rossiya Hotel.05.07.1986#6462628
Members of the West German Bundestag representing the German Green Party visit the Soviet Union. German parliament members during a wreath- and flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin Wall.28.10.1983#6631329
Members of the West German Bundestag representing the German Green Party visit the Soviet Union. German parliament members during a wreath- and flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin Wall.28.10.1983#6631324
A delegation from the Hungarian People's Republic visit the Soviet Union, September 28 - October 5, 1983. Chairman of the Hungarian National Assembly Antal Apro, second left, at the Kirov First Moscow Clock Company.04.10.1983#6631325
A delegation from the Hungarian People's Republic visit the Soviet Union, September 28 - October 5, 1983. Chairman of the Hungarian National Assembly Antal Apro, center, meets with First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Vasily Kuznetsov.04.10.1983#6631321
A delegation from the Hungarian People's Republic visit the Soviet Union, September 28 - October 5, 1983. Chairman of the Hungarian National Assembly Antal Apro, center, lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin Wall.28.09.1983#6631330
A parliamentary delegation of Nepal visits the USSR. A meeting and conversation between the delegation of the National Panchayat of Nepal with the Chair of the Union Council of the USSR Supreme Soviet Alexei Shitikov (first from the left). Taking part in the conversation: head of the Nepalese delegation, Chair of the National Panchayat Ram Hari Sharma (opposite Shitikov in dark glasses) and deputies of the National Panchayat of Nepal.13.01.1979#8147015
A Soviet party and governmental delegation, led by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev, 4th left, at the celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic. The wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to renowned figures of the German revolutionary movement. 2nd left: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Andrei Gromyko. 3rd right: Minister of Defense of the USSR Andrei Grechko. 4th right: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany Erich Honecker. Right: Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic Willi Stoph.06.10.1975#6225865
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev's visit to the US. Leonid Brezhnev's meeting with members of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, headed by James William Fulbright, left from Brezhnev. The USSR Embassy in Washington.21.06.1973#5982267
A journalist from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (today's Czech Republic) Jiri Lukas in Moscow.31.07.1970#5977122
A journalist from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (today's Czech Republic) Jiri Lukas in Moscow.31.07.1970#5977112
A visit by General Secretary of USA's Communist Party Gus Hall to the USSR. Gus Hall at the exhibition "50 years of the USA's Communist Party" at the Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Museum in Moscow.28.06.1969#6182045
News conference with a Communist-Leninist delegation from Nigeria at the press center of the Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow. Photo: Delegation hadd Tunji Otegbey, a leader of the Nigerian Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee.13.06.1969#6252133
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Polish United Workers' Party headed by First Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka, third right, and Secretary Zenon Nowak, second right.12.06.1969#6249615
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party headed by Secretary-General Janos Kadar, center.12.06.1969#6249614
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Communist Party of Denmark. From right: Chairman Knud Jespersen and Executive Committee member Ingmar Wagner.11.06.1969#6249626
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Communist Party of Great Britain. From left: Executive Committee member Jack Woddis and Secretary-General John Gollan.11.06.1969#6249624
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Romanian Communist Party's Central Committee headed by Secretary-General Nicolae Ceausescu, center.11.06.1969#6249620
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Center: First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Gustav Husak.11.06.1969#6249618
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Front left: Cheddi Jagan, head of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) delegation from Guyana.10.06.1969#6249623
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Second left: Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, head of the Cuban Communist Party delegation, member of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee Secretariat, during a meeting.10.06.1969#6249622
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party headed by First Secretary Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, fourth right.09.06.1969#6249619
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany headed by Walter Ulbricht, First Secretary and Chairman of the State Council of East Germany, second left. Second right: Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin Gerhard Danelius.09.06.1969#6249617
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Communist Party of the United States of America. National Secretary Henry Winston, front secont left, and Secretary-General Gus Hall, third left.07.06.1969#6249621
The International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow, June 5-17, 1969. The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The delegation of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, speaks.06.06.1969#6185607
The International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow, June 5-17, 1969. The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The delegation of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, speaks.06.06.1969#6185600
The International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow, June 5-17, 1969. The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The delegation of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, speaks.06.06.1969#6185598
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.05.06.1969#6246924
International meeting of Communist and workers' parties in Moscow (June 5-17, 1969). Delegation of the Communist Party of Spain. Secretary-General Santiago Carrillo, third left, and Chairperson Dolores Ibarruri Gomez.05.06.1969#6249625
The International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow, June 5-17, 1969. The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The delegation of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Center: Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.05.06.1969#6185601
The International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow, June 5-17, 1969. The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The delegation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Front row from left: Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Andrei Kirilenko, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR Nikolai Podgorny and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a Secretary of the Central Committee Mikhail Suslov.05.06.1969#6185599
The International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties in Moscow, June 5-17, 1969. The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The delegation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Front row from left: Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Andrei Kirilenko, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev and President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR Nikolai Podgorny.05.06.1969#6185597
The Receptions House on Lenin Hills. Opening a session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) involving leaders of Communist and workers' paarties and heads of government COMECON meember countries. Photo: A Soviet delegation headed by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev.23.04.1969#6237143
The Receptions House on Lenin Hills. Opening a session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) involving leaders of Communist and workers' parties and heads of government COMECON member countries. Photo: A delegation of the German Democratic Republic headed by First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the GDR State Council Walther Ulbricht.23.04.1969#6237142
A US delegation visits the USSR. A news conference with US Communist Party Secretary-General Gas Hall (seen from the back in the center) at the Novosti News Agency (today's Rossiya Segodnya).29.11.1967#6108499
Members of the USSR-Chile Friendship Society and members of the Communist Party of Chile delegation who arrived in Moscow for celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Great October 1917 Socialist Revolution write entries in the distinguished guests' book at the at the House of Friendship with Foreign Nations, now the Russian Government's Reception House.08.11.1967#6130392
General Secretary of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA Gus Hall during his visit to the USSR.30.09.1967#6105310
Representatives of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church visit the Soviet Union and meet with the Soviet side at the House of Friendship with Foreign Nations, now the Russian Government's Receptions House. From left: Professor Alexei Dyakov, Metropolitan Mar Timotios, Bishop of Vienna and Austria Melchizedek (Vasily Lebedev) and Head of the Indian Delegation Metropolitan Mar Sivernos.08.08.1967#6129968
A visit by a party and governmental delegation of the Polish People's Republic led by First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party Wladyslaw Gomulka, 2nd left. Soviet leaders, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev, 2nd right, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Alexei Kosygin, left, during the farewell ceremony for Polish guests at the Vnukovo airfield.11.10.1966#5938389
A visit by a party and governmental delegation of the Polish People's Republic led by First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party Wladyslaw Gomulka, foreground. The Polish delegation is greeted on the airfield in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).09.10.1966#5938393
General secretary of France-USSR Friendship Society Raymond Roussat, left, who arrived in Moscow to attend the celebrations marking the 150th birthday of French revolutionary and The Internationale anthem lyrics author Eugene Pottier, is seen with Moscow young pioneers at the Karl Marx and Frederick Engels Museum. Left: the sculpture "Bearers of Communist Light (Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin)" by Yefim Belostotsky and Elius Fridman.04.10.1966#5938380
A visit by General Secretary of USA's Communist Party Gus Hall to the USSR. Gus Hall, 2nd left, during a news conference at Novosti Press Agency, now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency.01.10.1966#6044835
General Secretary of the Communist Party USA National Committee Gus Hall, left, visits the Soviet Union. He is seen here meeting with Boris Burkov, Board Chairman of Novosti Press Agency, now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency.01.10.1966#6044827
A visit by General Secretary of USA's Communist Party Gus Hall to the USSR. Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Mikhail Suslov, left, and Gus Hall during a greeting ceremony at Sheremetyevo Airport.01.10.1966#5935935
A visit by Chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium Ernest Burnelle to the USSR, Ernest Burnelle, right, tours Moscow Carburetor Plant.26.09.1966#6056937
General Secretary of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA Gus Hall, second left, visits the Soviet Union. Second right: Mikhail Suslov, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, welcomes Gus Hall at Sheremetyevo International Airport.22.06.1966#6089164
General Secretary of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA Gus Hall, right, visits the Soviet Union. Left: Mikhail Suslov, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, welcomes Gus Hall at Sheremetyevo International Airport.22.06.1966#6088986
A delegation of the Communist Party of the Bulgarian People's Republic headed by its first secretary Todor Zhivkov, fifth right, which arrived in the USSR for the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, visits the AZLK Moscow automobile plant.06.04.1966#5893891
A delegation of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by the party's Central Committee secretary Choi Yen-ken, third left, visit the Soviet Army Museum (currently the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation).03.04.1966#5918494
