Cyclists compete in the women's 124.8 km group race during the Russian Road Cycling Championships in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.28.06.2025#8954015
Schoolchildren carry portraits of victims during a memorial event marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly school siege at the former School No. 1 in the town of Beslan, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. On September 1, 2004, more than 30 armed terrorists took hundreds of hostages at School No. 1 in Beslan during celebrations marking the start of the school year. As a result of the three-day siege, 334 people were killed, including 186 children.01.09.2024#8753855
Hegumeness Yelisaveta, abbess of the Saint Elizabeth Convent, casts her ballot in a mobile ballot box during the Russian presidential election at the Saint Elizabeth Convent in Kaliningrad, Russia.15.03.2024#8641543
In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, centre, walks along the Martyrs' Lane as part of his working trip to Baku, Azerbaijan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.24.06.2022#8222982
Visitors attend the opening of the exhibition "Byzantium Masterpieces" at the State Tretyakov Gallery building in Lavrushinsky Lane, Moscow.07.02.2017#3023047
From left: metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk Kirill, metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vikenty and bishop of Nizhnetagilsk and Serov Innokenty during the consecration of the Reigning Mother of God icon cathedral in the monastery of the Holy Royal Martyrs in Ganina Yama - the site where the ramains of the Romanov's familty were found, the Sverdlovsk region.25.10.2015#2725594
Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk Kirill during the consecration of the Reigning Mother of God icon cathedral in the monastery of the Holy Royal Martyrs in Ganina Yama - the site where the ramains of the Romanov's familty were found, the Sverdlovsk region.25.10.2015#2725615
metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk Kirill during the consecration of the Reigning Mother of God icon cathedral in the monastery of the Holy Royal Martyrs in Ganina Yama - the site where the ramains of the Romanov's familty were found, the Sverdlovsk region.25.10.2015#2725591
From left: bishop of Nizhnetagilsk and Serov Innokenty, metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vikenty and metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk Kirill during the consecration of the Reigning Mother of God icon cathedral in the monastery of the Holy Royal Martyrs in Ganina Yama - the site where the ramains of the Romanov's familty were found, the Sverdlovsk region.25.10.2015#2725590
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269573
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269572
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269571
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269570
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269569
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269568
A supporter of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, during a protest rally on the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269567
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269565
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269564
Supporters of the former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi march through the streets of Cairo.23.08.2013#2269563
Foreground, from left: Father Superior Leonid, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, and Alexander Kibovsky, head of the Cultural Heritage Department, and Moscow Government minister, during the city mayor's visit to the Church of St. Clement the Martyr on Moscow's Pyatnitskaya Street.08.08.2011#942194
From left: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Father Superior Leonid during the city mayor's visit to the Church of St. Clement the Martyr on Moscow's Pyatnitskaya Street.08.08.2011#942196
From left: Alexander Kibovsky, head of the Cultural Heritage Department, and Moscow Government minister, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Father Superior Leonid during the city mayor's visit to the Church of St. Clement the Martyr on Moscow's Pyatnitskaya Street.08.08.2011#942195
Alapayevsk religious procession from the St.Trinity Cathedral to the New Russian Martyrs Monastery built on the site of the execution of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova with the members of her family and servants.18.07.2010#728768
Alapayevsk religious procession from the St.Trinity Cathedral to the New Russian Martyrs Monastery built on the site of the execution of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova with the members of her family and servants.18.07.2010#728767
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534501
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534506
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534505
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534504
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534503
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534633
The Bethlehem Torch in Russia event at the Saint Clement Church in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District.20.12.2009#534502
The relics of two Russian martyr nuns, Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Sister Barbara, have been brought to Russia for worship from Jerusalem. A procession meets the holy relics at St. Daniel's Monastery, Moscow30.07.2004#111110
The Church of St. George the Victory Bearer on the Hill of Respectful Salutation. The church-memorial in honour of the victory ihn the Great Patriotic War was founded on May 9, 1994. The project author is architect A. Polyansky, the iconostasis is made by A. Chashkin. The bronze bas-reliefs were made by sculptor Z. Andzhaparidze, mosaic icons - by E. Klyucharev. The church is consecrated by the Patriarch on May 6, 1995.01.05.2002#539949
The Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The canonization service for about 1000 great martyrs who suffered for their faith in the 20th century and were sainted by the Bishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.20.08.2000#634954
The Cathedral of Christ the Savior. An icon depicting 1000 great martyrs. The canonization service for about 1000 great martyrs who suffered for their faith in the 20th century and were sainted by the Bishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.20.08.2000#634953
The Cathedral of Christ the Savior. A believer holding an icon of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family. The canonization service for about 1000 great martyrs who suffered for their faith in the 20th century and were sainted by the Bishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.20.08.2000#634952
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia with believers and members of the clergy greet the shrine with Saint Pantaleon's hallows, brought for the first time from Greece to Moscow, at Sheremetyevo Airport.25.04.1996#8265439
Religious procession on the day of memory of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II and members of his family, who were shot in the basement of the Ipatiyev house in Yekaterinburg. Procession from the monument to the heroes of Plevna towards the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square.17.07.1995#8429806
The religious procession on the Day of Remembrance for the Russian Emperor Nikolai II and his family from the memorial to the Heros of Plevna towards the Kazan Cathedral on the Red Square.17.07.1995#542226
The Moscow Bureau of forensic medical examination. Russian forensic expert, specialist in forensic medicine and anthropological reconstruction Sergei Nikitin and his sculptural portrait of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.23.06.1995#8425629
The Moscow Bureau of forensic medical examination. Russian forensic expert, specialist in forensic medicine and anthropological reconstruction Sergei Nikitin and his sculptural portrait of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.23.06.1995#8425628
The Moscow Bureau of forensic medical examination. Russian forensic expert, specialist in forensic medicine and anthropological reconstruction Sergei Nikitin and sculptural portraits of members of the Romanov family, reconstructed from skulls from a secret burial near Yekaterinburg.23.06.1995#8425627
The Moscow Bureau of forensic medical examination. Russian forensic expert, specialist in forensic medicine and anthropological reconstruction Sergei Nikitin and sculptural portraits of members of the Romanov family, reconstructed from skulls from a secret burial near Yekaterinburg.23.06.1995#8425626
Right: Major General Valery Kamshilov, Chief of the Headquarters of the Union of Cossack Forces in Russia and Abroad, at the cross memorial to the Romanov Dynasty at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.10.01.1995#8423338
Church of St. John the Warrior on Yakimanka Street. 46 Bolshaya Yakimanka street. 1709-1717. Architect Ivan Zarudny.01.10.1993#708109
A granite monument slab at the Butovo execution facility where victims of Stalin-era repressions were executed and buried. Accrding to archive and investigation records, over 20,000 people were executed here from the 1930s until the 1950s.18.09.1993#6295693
The Church of St. John the Warrior on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street (17th century). Designed by architect Ivan Zarudny.01.06.1993#6598665
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition. Photo: A 19th century paten and chalice veil.20.05.1993#8617750
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition. Photo: A 17th century crown.20.05.1993#8617749
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition. Photo: The throne of Emperor Nicholas II.20.05.1993#8617748
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition. Photo: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia takes in the opening ceremony at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.20.05.1993#8617746
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition.20.05.1993#8617744
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition. Photo: Vice President of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutskoi takes part in the opening ceremony at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.20.05.1993#8617743
Moscow. The exhibition Last Russian Emperor marking 380th anniversary of House of the Romanovs at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, her son Georgy Mikhailovich and her mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgiyevna, visited the exhibition. Photo: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia takes in the opening ceremony at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.20.05.1993#8617742
Remembrance of Prince Gleb, one of the first Russian Christian martyrs, on the site of his assassination during the Slav writing and culture festival outside Smolensk in the Russian west.24.05.1991#596024