Alexander Shokhin, member of the Trusteeship Council of the National Organization for Financial Accounting and Book-Keeping Fund (NSFO) at the Book Keeping and Accounting Congress. 31.01.2006#122634
The 14th Conference of Association of Russian Banks at the Column Hall of the House of Unions. President of the Association of Russian Banks Garegin Tosunyan, center, during the opening ceremony.23.04.2003#6491396
The GKChP member Gennady Yanayev in the Gorky MKhAT vestibule during the congress of the U.S.S.R. peoples. 20.09.1993#23039
The 9th Extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies of Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace, March 26-29, 1993. From left: Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Shokhin and Minister of Finance Boris Fyodorov before the session.28.03.1993#6598713
The 8th Extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies of Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace, March 10-13, 1993. From left: Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation Andrei Nechyayev and Minister of Healthcare Eduard Nechyayev before the session.10.03.1993#6598705
Second Unifying Congress of the Commjunist Party of the Russian Federation. February 13-14, 1993. Solneshny Resort Center, Moscow Region. Former KGB Chairman and member of the GKChP Vladimir Kryuchkov.13.02.1993#3230157
Ophthalmologist, professor Svyatoslav Fyodorov, co-chairman of the Party of Economic Freedom, during the 7th Congress of Russian People's Deputies on December 1-14, 1992.01.12.1992#3230137
The 6th Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation, April 6-21, 1992. From left: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR Andrei Kozyrev and First Deputy Prime Minister of the RSFSR Gennady Burbulis before a session.06.04.1992#6536814
The 6th Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation, April 6-21, 1992. People's Deputy of the RSFSR and Deputy Prime Minister of the RSFSR Sergei Shakhrai speaks at a session.06.04.1992#6536797
People's Deputy of the USSR Alexei Yemelyanov, a member of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR and an agrarian economist, comments on the work of the First Session of the Supreme Soviet of USSR of the New Convocation during his conversation with journalists.22.10.1991#8232882
First session of the USSR Supreme Soviet in a new composition. Alexei Yemelyanov, USSR People's Deputy, member of the USSR Supreme Soviet, agricultural economist, speaks to the media.20.10.1991#8280253
The U.S.S.R. People's Deputy, member of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet International Committee Gennady Yanayev speaking at the 4th congress of people's deputies.01.12.1990#35616
Timuraz Avaliani, First Secretary of the Kiselyovsk City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the Kemerovo Region addresses delegates of the 28th CPSU Congress from the rostrum.09.07.1990#8339372
Veniamin Yarin, a worker from Nizhny Tahil and a delegate of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in the conference hall.06.07.1990#8339364
Boris Yeltsin, the congress delegate, Chairman of the Russian Supreme Council, walks to the 28th USSR Communist Party Congress on July 2-13, 1990.04.07.1990#3244104
Boris Yeltsin, the congress delegate, Chairman of the Russian Supreme Council, walks to the 28th USSR Communist Party Congress on July 2-13, 1990.04.07.1990#3244103
Boris Yeltsin, the congress delegate, Chairman of the Russian Supreme Council, speaks at the 28th USSR Communist Party Congress on July 2-13, 1990.04.07.1990#3244102
Yury Maslyukov, Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Chairman of the State Planning Committee, makes a speech at the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.02.07.1990#8421206
The 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now State Kremlin Palace), July 2-13, 1990. First Secretary of the Leningrad Region's Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, Boris Gidaspov, during a session.02.07.1990#8317971
Boris Yeltsin, the congress delegate, Chairman of the Russian Supreme Council, outside the State Kremlin Palace before 28th USSR Communist Party Congress on July 2-13, 1990.02.07.1990#3244101
Boris Yeltsin, the congress delegate, Chairman of the Russian Supreme Council, outside the State Kremlin Palace before 28th USSR Communist Party Congress on July 2-13, 1990.02.07.1990#3244100
Signing joint policy documents at the Russian-Japanese Friendship Society Congress in Tokyo.01.07.1990#8301199
Left to right: member of the CPSU CC Politburo and CPSU CC secretary Slyunkov, member of the CPSU CC Politburo and the USSR KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, member of the CPSU CC Politburo and the CPSU CC secretary Lev Zaikov, member of the CPSU CC Politburo Medvedev at the 1st congress of the RSFSR People's Deputies.17.05.1990#62957
The inaugural meeting of Kemerovo's office of the Democratic Union opposition party. From left: one of the party founders Alexander Eliovich and the party activist Fred Anadenko attend the meeting.15.03.1990#8414123
A delegate asks a question at the inaugural meeting of Kemerovo's office of the Democratic Union opposition party.15.03.1990#8413995
The voting procedure during the First Congress of the Social Democratic Party in the German Democratic Republic.24.02.1990#6669814
The First Congress of the Social Democratic Party in the German Democratic Republic.24.02.1990#6669813
The First Congress of the Social Democratic Party in the German Democratic Republic.24.02.1990#6669811
Participants in the First Congress of the Social Democratic Party in the German Democratic Republic.24.02.1990#6669810
The second Congress of USSR People's Deputies (December 12-24, 1989), where the radical minority headed by Boris Yeltsin after the death of Andrei Sakharov demanded the abolition of Article 6 of the USSR Constitution, which stated that "the USSR Communist Party is the leading and guiding force" in the state. In turn, the conservative majority pointed to the destabilizing disintegration processes in the USSR and, consequently, the need to strengthen the powers of the center (the Soyuz group). Center: Vadim Medvedev, Soviet scientist and economist, Ph.D. in Economics, member of the USSR Communist Party Executive Committee Politburo, Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now the State Kremlin Palace).20.12.1989#6633994
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Nikolai Ryzhkov meets with a delegation of the US Congress Committee on Agriculture. Nikolai Ryzhkov, 3rd right, and members of the US Congress during talks.18.09.1989#5549123
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Nikolai Ryzhkov meets with a delegation of the US Congress Committee on Agriculture. Nikolai Ryzhkov, left, and member of the US Congress Eligio de la Garza.18.09.1989#5549122
Member of the First Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR (May 25 - June 9, 1989), Full Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Head of the Scientific and Methodological Center for Analytical Research at the Space Research Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences Roald Sagdeev. The Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now the State Kremlin Palace).01.06.1989#6744052
The 1st Congress of USSR People's Deputies was held from May 25 until JUne 9, 1989. Photo: Politician and statesman Yevgeny Primakov, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, takes the floor.29.05.1989#5929696
The 1st USSR People's Deputies Congress at the Kremlin Congres Palace (now the State Kremlin Palace). May 25 - June 9, 1989. Speaking: Anatoly Sobchak, Chair of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies.25.05.1989#8320918
1st Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now the State Kremlin Palace), May 25 - June 9, 1989. Soviet theoretical physicist, Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Nobel Peace Prize winner, one of the creators of the first Soviet hydrogen bomb Andrei Sakharov speaking at the meeting.25.05.1989#8231109
May 25-June 9, 1989. The First Congress of USSR People's Deputies in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, now the State Kremlin Palace. Photo: People's Deputy Andrei Sakharov, Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, speaks from the rostrum.25.05.1989#8274964
Left: Anatoly Sobchak, Chair of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies, with his colleagues.24.05.1989#8320921
Right: Anatoly Sobchak, Chair of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies, at the statue of Emperor Alexander III in the courtyard of the Russian Museum.24.05.1989#8320916
The elections to the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, the first elections to the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union that gave people the right to vote between several candidates for the first time, March 1989. The plenary session of the Committee of Soviet Women, which took place to nominate candidates.15.03.1989#6535166
Elections to the 12th Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Participant in the plenary session Ye. Korolyov takes the floor.12.03.1989#5639362
The Latvian SSR. February 18-19, 1989. The Constituent Congress of the Movement for Latvia's National Independence in Ogre. Photo: Delegates take part in the work of the Congress.18.02.1989#6752833
The Latvian SSR. February 18-19, 1989. The Constituent Congress of the Movement for Latvia's National Independence in Ogre. Photo: Electing members of the Board.18.02.1989#6752829
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Delegates during the voting in the convention hall.01.07.1988#3049669
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegates from the Turkmen SSR, machine operator from the Chardzhou Region Nurdzhamal Seyidova and weaver from the Chardzhou weaving combine Freshgul Rayimova, right.01.07.1988#3049667
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegate, chairperson of the Khakas Regional Executive Committee (Krasnoyarsk Region) Galina Troshkina.01.07.1988#3049666
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegate from Kazakhstan, painter Kunsulu Nurmanova.01.07.1988#3049665
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegate, Chairman of the Collective Farm "Uzbekistan" (Namagan Region) Polad Kasimov.01.07.1988#3049663
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegate, a milker from the Soviet Farm "Pervomaisky" (Kurgan Region), Mother Heroine Natalya Khlascheva talks with a journalist representing the Novosti Press Agency.01.07.1988#3049662
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Machine operator from the Soviet Farm named after Amangeldy (Tselinograd Region, Kazakh SSR), CPSU member Natalya Gellert with conference delegates.29.06.1988#3049668
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegates, from left: construction worker from the city of Mary (Turkmen SSR) Dzhumagozel Shakylycheva and collective farmers from the Azerbaijan SSR - Pollu Makhtiyeva and Suzda Aliyeva.29.06.1988#3049664
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegate, former peacekeeping soldier, student from Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Alibekzhon Atakhanov, left.28.06.1988#3049661
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Conference delegate, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from the Azerbaijan SSR Heydar Aliyev during a break between the sessions.28.06.1988#3049660
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988. Delegates before a session.28.06.1988#3049659
The 19th Party Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. June 28 - July 1, 1988.28.06.1988#3049658
A visit of a Spanish parliamentary delegation, led by President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain Felix Pons, to the USSR. Felix Pons, right, before the talks with Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Andrei Gromyko, left, in the Moscow Kremlin.17.12.1987#8494229
XXVII Congress of the Communist of the USSR. February 25 - March 6, 1986. Georgy Markov, delegate of the Congress, First Secretary of the USSR Union of Writers, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, during a speech in the press centre of the Congress.03.03.1986#3041451
XXVII Congress of the Communist of the USSR. February 25 - March 6, 1986. Mikhail Ulyanov, delegate of the Congress, People's Artist of the USSR, during a speech in the press centre of the Congress.03.03.1986#3041450
The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, February 25 - March 6, 1986. Valentin Pavlov, head of the finance, prime costing and pricing department of the USSR Gosplan agency, speaks at the congress press center.03.03.1986#3041429
