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
Moscow. The international beauty pageant Miss Charming 1989 at Hotel Kosmos. Photo: Róża Gołasiewicz from the Polish People's Republic won the Miss Photo title and also became fist runner-up.21.11.1989#8199740
Polish label Polskie Nagrania Muza at an international record label fair in Moscow.10.11.1989#8216868
The international conference Ecology, Perestroyka, Politics. Participant from the Polish People's Republic D. Passant.10.11.1989#5969578
From left: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Member of Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party and Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic Mieczysław Rakowski during their meeting in the Kremlin.11.10.1989#8166382
Center: Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, president of the jury of the 16th Moscow International Film Festival (July 7-18, 1989), answers media questions.18.07.1989#6748473
Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, president of the jury of the 16th Moscow International Film Festival (July 7-18, 1989).18.07.1989#6748470
The international seminar of members of the artistic community from socialist countries at the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Polish historian Koshana Kyszweblotska.20.09.1988#6583555
News conference on the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine. KGB agents posing as the Organization's long-time leaders in Ukraine, namely, Svyatoslav Panchishin, a doctor from Lvov, and Yury Ivanchenko, a journalist from Kiev, spoke at the news conference. Journalists learned about Operation Boomerang, one of the most protracted special operations conducted by the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Ukrainian SSR with the Polish Interior Ministry. This photo shows news confernece participants.14.09.1988#6644805
News conference on the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine. KGB agents posing as the Organization's long-time leaders in Ukraine, namely, Svyatoslav Panchishin, a doctor from Lvov, and Yury Ivanchenko, a journalist from Kiev, spoke at the news conference. Journalists learned about Operation Boomerang, one of the most protracted special operations conducted by the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Ukrainian SSR with the Polish Interior Ministry. They were also shown evidence highlighting the Organization's subversive activities.14.09.1988#6644804
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Colonel of the Polish Interior Ministry A.Minkovic speaks during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644803
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Journalists review evidence of the OUN's undermining activities.14.09.1988#6644802
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. A journalist during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644801
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Journalists during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644800
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. A journalist during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644799
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. A journalist during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644798
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Colonel of the Polish Interior Ministry A.Minkovic speaks during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644797
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Colonel of the Ukrainian KGB K.Vysotsky speaks during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644796
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Journalists during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644795
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Journalists during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644794
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Svyatoslav Panchishin during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644793
A news conference on the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its activity in Ukraine. 'Long-term leaders' of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine (KGB agents), Lvov doctor Svyatoslav Panchishin and Kiev journalist Yury Ivanchenko, revealed one of the longest special operations, Bumerang, conducted by the Ukrainian KGB and the Polish Interior Ministry. Journalists during the news conference.14.09.1988#6644792
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
The Royal Castle (built in 1598-1618) and the Sigismund's Column (installed in 1643-1644) on Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland.12.07.1988#6703138
Castle Square and the Sigismund's Column (installed in 1643-1644) in Warsaw, Poland.12.07.1988#6703133
The official friendly visit by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev to the Polish People's Republic, July 11-14, 1988. Mikhail Gorbachev, left, and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party Wojciech Jaruzelski, 2nd left, with their wives.11.07.1988#6703140
The official friendly visit by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev to the Polish People's Republic, July 11-14, 1988. Warsaw residents greet Mikhail Gorbachev.11.07.1988#6703137
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
In October 1945, as a result of a border amendment between Poland and the Soviet Union, the border was moved 1 km and the village of Kryolov (Nordenburg until 1950) and Bagrationovsk (Preussisch Eylau until 1946) became part of the Koenigsberg Region (now Kaliningrad Region). People from the Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian and Lithuania cities affected by the Great Patriotic War started moving to the region. Personal archive of one of migrants.01.07.1988#6624021
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Gorodnya, Konakovsky District of the Kalinin Region (now Tver Region). Father Superior Alexy, center, receives guests from Poland.25.05.1988#8362195
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
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
Gorky, now Tverskaya, Street in Moscow. The Druzhba (Friendship) Book Store offering books from socialist countries. This photo shows the store's section featuring literature from the Polish People's Republic.10.10.1987#8586785
Gorky, now Tverskaya, Street in Moscow. The Druzhba (Friendship) Book Store offering books from socialist countries.10.10.1987#8586784
Gorky, now Tverskaya, Street in Moscow. The Druzhba (Friendship) Book Store offering books from socialist countries. This photo shows the store's section featuring literature from the Hungarian People's Republic.10.10.1987#8586783
Eduard Zhvirko, military pilot of the Polish People's Republic, brother of the famous sports pilot Frantisek Zhvirko, who tragically died on September 11, 1932, talks with children.01.10.1987#8298412
Eduard Zhvirko, military pilot of the Polish People's Republic, brother of the famous sports pilot Frantisek Zhvirko, who tragically died on September 11, 1932, with his grandson Teimur.01.10.1987#8298411
Eduard Zhvirko, military pilot of the Polish People's Republic, brother of the famous sports pilot Frantisek Zhvirko, who tragically died on September 11, 1932.01.10.1987#8298410
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 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
The ceremony to sign an agreement on cooperation between trade unions of the USSR and the Polish People's Republic. The agreement was signed by Chairman of the All-Union Central Trade Union Council of the All-Union Central Soviet of Trade Unions Stepan Shalayev, left, and Chairman of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) Alfred Miodowicz.01.04.1987#5912307
The ceremony to sign an agreement on cooperation between trade unions of the USSR and the Polish People's Republic. The agreement is signed by Chairman of the All-Union Central Trade Union Council of the All-Union Central Soviet of Trade Unions Stepan Shalayev, left, and Chairman of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) Alfred Miodowicz.01.04.1987#5912297
October 2, 1986. An international conference titled Media Outlets and Production Integration Issues in COMECON Countries in Dubna. Journalists from the Polish People's Republic take part in the conference.02.10.1986#9032388
The 11th USSR Rugby Federation Prize International Tournament. Players in action during a match between the national teams of the Polish People's Republic (white jerseys) and the Federal Republic of Germany (yellow jerseys) in Fili Stadium in Moscow.19.08.1986#8387894
The 11th USSR Rugby Federation Prize International Tournament. Players in action during a match between the national teams of the Polish People's Republic (white jerseys) and the Federal Republic of Germany (yellow jerseys) in Fili Stadium in Moscow.19.08.1986#8387891
The 11th USSR Rugby Federation Prize International Tournament. Players in action during a match between the national teams of the Polish People's Republic (white jerseys) and the Federal Republic of Germany (yellow jerseys) in Fili Stadium in Moscow.19.08.1986#8387887
The 11th USSR Rugby Federation Prize International Tournament. Players in action during a match between the national teams of the Polish People's Republic (white jerseys) and the Federal Republic of Germany (yellow jerseys) in Fili Stadium in Moscow.19.08.1986#8387886
A greeting to the delegates of the 10th congress of the Polish United Workers Party. The Polish People's Republic.03.07.1986#771268
Polish People's Republic. Marshalkovskaya Street in Warsaw, one of the main arteries in the historical center.01.07.1986#9030488
Polish People's Republic. View of the Palace of Culture and Science on Defilad Square (now Parade Square) in Warsaw. The building is a mix of Stalinist neo-imperial and Polish historicist style. It was built in 1955 as a gift of the Soviet Union to the Polish people. It was designed by Soviet architect Lev Rudnev. The interior and exterior are decorated with columns, reliefs and sculptures.01.07.1986#9030470
Visit of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, M. Gorbachev, to the Polish People's Republic for X Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party. Laying flowers to the memorial to K. Sverchevsky, prominent military figure of the PPR.01.07.1986#770953
Polish People's Republic. The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw hosted the 10th Congress of Polish United Workers' Party on June 29-July 3, 1986.29.06.1986#9030507
