The commemorative events at the Katyn memorial complex in Russia's Smolensk Region marking 6 years since the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk and the anniversary of the Katyn massacre.10.04.2016#2822233
The commemorative events at the Katyn memorial complex in Russia's Smolensk Region marking 6 years since the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk and the anniversary of the Katyn massacre.10.04.2016#2822232
The commemorative events at the Katyn memorial complex in Russia's Smolensk Region marking 6 years since the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk and the anniversary of the Katyn massacre.10.04.2016#2822231
The commemorative events at the Katyn memorial complex in Russia's Smolensk Region marking 6 years since the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk and the anniversary of the Katyn massacre.10.04.2016#2822228
The commemorative events at the Katyn memorial complex in Russia's Smolensk Region marking 6 years since the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk and the anniversary of the Katyn massacre.10.04.2016#2822227
Polish Ambassador to Russia Katarzyna Pelchinska-Nalecz, right, during the commemorative events at the Katyn memorial complex in Russia's Smolensk Region marking 6 years since the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk and the anniversary of the Katyn massacre.10.04.2016#2822225
An official visit by a Russian delegation to Poland. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin walks past a honor guard during the official farewell ceremony at the airport.18.02.1995#6324892
An official visit by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, center, to Poland. Members of the Russian delegation take a walk around Warsaw's historical center.17.02.1995#6324891
The official visit by a Polish delegation to the Russian Federation, May 21-23, 1992. President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, 5th left, and President of Poland Lech Walesa, 6th right, during their talks at the Moscow Kremlin.23.05.1992#6537278
The official visit by a Polish delegation to the Russian Federation, May 21-23, 1992. President of Poland Lech Walesa lays a wreath at the Solovetsky Stone, the monument to commemorate victims of political repression in the Soviet Union.22.05.1992#6537282
The official visit by a Polish delegation to the Russian Federation, May 21-23, 1992. President of Poland Lech Walesa and his wife take a walk around the Moscow Kremlin.21.05.1992#6537271
A Polish delegation visits the Soviet Union. Prime Minister of Poland Jan Bielecki, front left, before departure.02.04.1991#8197678
A Polish delegation visits the Soviet Union. Prime Minister of Poland Jan Bielecki, right, before departure.02.04.1991#8197677
A meeting of the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact member states in Moscow. From left: President of Poland Wojciech Jaruzelski and Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Makovecki heading to the meeting room.07.06.1990#8315754
President of the Polish People's Republic Wojciech Jaruzelski visits the Soviet Union. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, right, and Wojciech Jaruzelski before talks at the Kremlin.13.04.1990#6721515
President of the Polish People's Republic Wojciech Jaruzelski visits the Soviet Union. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.13.04.1990#6721507
President of the Polish People's Republic Wojciech Jaruzelski, second left, visits the Soviet Union. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Park of Eternal Glory.12.04.1990#6721523
President of the Polish People's Republic Wojciech Jaruzelski visits the Soviet Union. Wojciech Jaruzelski, center, visits the Lychakov Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Europe and Ukraine, where Polish and Soviet soldiers are buried.12.04.1990#6721518
President of the Polish People's Republic Wojciech Jaruzelski visits the Soviet Union. Wojciech Jaruzelski, center, visits the Lychakov Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Europe and Ukraine, where Polish and Soviet soldiers are buried.12.04.1990#6721510
The 45th meeting of the session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance held in the People's Republic of Bulgaria on January 9-10, 1990. Head of the Soviet delegation, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov during a meeting with his counterpart from Poland Tadeusz Mazowiecki, second left.09.01.1990#6654545
Defense Minister of the Polish People's Republic Florian Siwicki visits the USSR. The Polish delegation during the tour around Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga. Second left: General Florian Siwicki.04.12.1989#6633981
Defense Minister of the Polish People's Republic Florian Siwicki visits the USSR. The Polish delegation during the tour around Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga. General Florian Siwicki, second right, examines the exhibition.04.12.1989#6633974
Defense Minister of the Polish People's Republic Florian Siwicki visits the USSR. During the tour around Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga. General Florian Siwicki tried the role of cosmonaut for several minutes.04.12.1989#6633971
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 2nd right, People's Deputy of the USSR and academician Andrei Sakharov, right, and People's Deputy of the USSR and Rector of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives (now Russian State University for the Humanities) Yury Afanasyev, left, during the celebratory dinner.24.11.1989#6630472
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. Tadeusz Mazowiecki during the wreath-laying ceremony at the mass grave of captured Polish officers who were executed in Katyn Forest near Smolensk in 1940.24.11.1989#6630470
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. Tadeusz Mazowiecki visits the mass grave of captured Polish officers who were executed in Katyn Forest near Smolensk in 1940.24.11.1989#6630469
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. The ceremony to sign the Soviet-Polish intergovernmental agreement on environmental protection. Background, center left: Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Background, center right: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Nikolai Ryzhkov.24.11.1989#6630468
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. Tadeusz Mazowiecki during a news conference in Moscow.24.11.1989#6630467
An official visit by Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Tadeusz Mazowiecki to the USSR. The talks between General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and Tadeusz Mazowiecki at the Moscow Kremlin.24.11.1989#6630465
Members of the delegation of the Polish People's Republic led by PPR Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery in Leningrad, where a six-meter bronze sculpture "Motherland" was erected as part of a visit to the USSR.23.11.1989#8175830
Foreground, from left: Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov meeting with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Poland Mieczysław Rakowski. The latter being on a friendly visit to the Soviet Union. Moscow.21.10.1988#758849
July 11-14, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), pays an official friendly visit to the Polish People's Republic. He is seen here standing in front of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party.14.07.1988#2891797
July 11-14, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), pays an official friendly visit to the Polish People's Republic. He is seen here with Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party and Chairman of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic, left, during the welcoming ceremony at the airport.11.07.1988#2891798
July 11-14, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), pays an official friendly visit to the Polish People's Republic. He is seen here visiting the Sejm, the lower house of the Parliament of the Polish People's Republic.11.07.1988#2891796
July 11-14, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), pays an official friendly visit to the Polish People's Republic. He is seen here laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Eternal Flame.11.07.1988#2891795
July 11-14, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), pays an official friendly visit to the Polish People's Republic. He is seen here with Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party and Chairman of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic, left, during the welcoming ceremony at the airport.11.07.1988#2891794
Opening of the Center of Information and Culture of the Polish People's Republic in the USSR. The opening ceremony involved Jan Gluvchik, second left, First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU Lev Zaikov, third left, and member of the Polish delegation Henryk Bednarsky, right.25.05.1988#5770858
The opening of the Center of Information and Culture of the People's Republic of Poland in the USSR. Head of the Polish delegation Jan Gluvchik makes the welcoming address. Right: First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, Lev Zaikov.05.04.1988#5747586
The opening of the Center of Information and Culture of the People's Republic of Poland in the USSR. First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, Lev Zaikov, makes the welcoming address. Right: head of the Polish delegation Jan Gluvchik.05.04.1988#5747584
A visit by a delegation of the Polish Women's League to USSR. Chairwoman of the Soviet Women's Committee Zoya Pukhova (center) delivers a speech at the meeting of Soviet and Polish women.01.04.1988#5735071
A delegation of the Polish Women's League visits the USSR. Members of the delegation in the Soviet Women's Committee.01.04.1988#5735070
The opening of the Center of Information and Culture of the People's Republic of Poland in the USSR. Head of the Polish delegation Jan Gluvchik, right, and First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, Lev Zaikov, center, attend the ceremony.05.01.1988#5747583
Members of a delegation of activists of the Polish–Soviet Friendship Society take part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow during their visit to the USSR.01.09.1987#8360612
Members of a delegation of activists of the Polish–Soviet Friendship Society take part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow during their visit to the USSR.01.09.1987#8360611
A delegation of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society arrived in Moscow to participate in events dedicated to the 43rd anniversary of the Renaissance of Poland on July 22, 1987. Left: Polish writer, Colonel of the Polish Army Janusz Przymanowski with Soviet military personnel at a meeting in Moscow.22.07.1987#8559765
A delegation of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society arrived in Moscow to participate in events dedicated to the 43rd anniversary of the Renaissance of Poland on July 22, 1987. Ambassador of Poland to the USSR Włodzimierz Natorf (left) and Colonel of the Polish Army, writer Janusz Przymanowski (fifth right, background) during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall in Moscow.22.07.1987#8559764
A delegation of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society arrived in Moscow to participate in events dedicated to the 43rd anniversary of the Renaissance of Poland on July 22, 1987. Polish writer, Colonel of the Polish Army Janusz Przymanowski during a speech in honor of the joint publication of the book "Memory", written by him in co-authorship and presenting a collection of names of Soviet and Polish soldiers who died during the liberation of Poland from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War.22.07.1987#8559763
A delegation of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society arrived in Moscow to participate in events dedicated to the 43rd anniversary of the Renaissance of Poland on July 22, 1987. Polish writer, Colonel of the Polish Army Janusz Przymanowski (third right) during the laying of a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall in Moscow.22.07.1987#8559762
A delegation of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society arrived in Moscow to participate in events dedicated to the 43rd anniversary of the Renaissance of Poland on July 22, 1987. Ambassador of Poland to the USSR Włodzimierz Natorf, second right, and Colonel of the Polish Army, writer Janusz Przymanowski (second left) at a press conference at the Polish Embassy in Moscow in honor of the joint publication of the book "Memory", co-written by him and presenting a collection of names of Soviet and Polish soldiers who died during the liberation of Poland from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War.22.07.1987#8559761
A delegation of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society arrived in Moscow to participate in events dedicated to the 43rd anniversary of the Renaissance of Poland on July 22, 1987. Polish writer, Colonel of the Polish Army Janusz Przymanowski at a press conference at the Polish Embassy in Moscow in honor of the joint publication of the book “Memory,” which he co-wrote and presents a collection of names of Soviet and Polish soldiers who died during the liberation of Poland from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War.22.07.1987#8559760
A visit by Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party and Chairman of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic, to the USSR. Soviet First Lady Raisa Gorbachyova, left, and Polish First Lady Barbara Jaruzelska, third left, at their meeting with Director of Moscow Academic Choreography School (currently Moscow State Academy of Choreography) Sofya Golovkina, second left.21.04.1987#8586802
A visit of Sejm Marshal of the Polish People's Republic Roman Malinowski to the USSR. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and Member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Andrei Gromyko, 4th left, and Sejm Marshal of the Polish People's Republic Roman Malinowski, 3rd left, before the talks at the Kremlin.01.04.1987#5915101
A delegation of the Polish United Workers' Party, led by its First Secretary and President of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic Wojciech Jaruzelski, center, meets with the team of a republican Polish-language newspaper Czerwony Sztandar ("Red Banner") in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR.01.03.1986#8334932
Moscow. Zbigniew Messner, Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the Polish People's Republic, is paying an official visit to the Soviet Union. In this photo, he is laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden.19.02.1986#8877006
Moscow. Zbigniew Messner, Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the Polish People's Republic, is paying an official visit to the Soviet Union. In this photo, he is laying a wreath at the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square.19.02.1986#8877005
Second left: Zbigniew Messner, Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the Polish People's Republic, and Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the USSR, second right, before talks in the Kremlin.19.02.1986#8877004
Moscow. Zbigniew Messner, Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the Polish People's Republic is paying an official visit to the Soviet Union. In this photo, he is laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden.19.02.1986#8877002
February 18, 1986. Center: Zbigniew Messner, Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the Polish People's Republic, visits Moscow. Left: Heydar Aliyev, First Deputy Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the USSR, and Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the USSR, welcome the Polish delegation at the airfield.18.02.1986#8877000
February 18, 1986. Right: Zbigniew Messner, Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the Polish People's Republic, visits Moscow. From right: Zbigniew Messner and Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chair of the Council of Ministers (Government) of the USSR, inspect the guard of honor standing in formation.18.02.1986#8877003
Members of a delegation of the Polish People's Republic during the flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.09.05.1985#8367090
