Meet Great Patriotic War veteran Alexei Bidyakov who defended Stalingrad and who has two Orders of the Red Star to his credit.05.05.2014#2422889
Meet Great Patriotic War veteran Alexei Bidyakov who defended Stalingrad and who has two Orders of the Red Star to his credit. This photo shows Mr. Bidyakov conducting some routine repairs.05.05.2014#2422888
Meet Great Patriotic War veteran Alexei Bidyakov who defended Stalingrad and who has two Orders of the Red Star to his credit. This photo shows Mr. Bidyakov performing some chores in his backyard.05.05.2014#2422887
Meet Great Patriotic War veteran Alexei Bidyakov who defended Stalingrad and who has two Orders of the Red Star to his credit. This photo shows Mr. Bidyakov's grandson reading the congratulatory Victory Day postcard out loud.05.05.2014#2422886
Meet Great Patriotic War veteran Alexei Bidyakov who defended Stalingrad and who has two Orders of the Red Star to his credit. This photo shows Mr. Bidyakov reading the congratulatory Victory Day postcard.05.05.2014#2422885
The Chechen parliament has approved the republican presidential nomination of Ramzan Kadyrov. President Kadyrov and Murat Zyazikov, his counterpart of the neighboring Ingushetia, from right to left in the foreground.02.03.2007#146222
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) congratulating Maya Plisetskaya (left) on her 75th jubilee and presenting the order For Merits Before the Fatherland, second degree. 20.11.2000#8297
President Boris Yeltsin (left) congratulates Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexii II (right) on being awarded the order For Merits Before the Motherland 2nd degree.28.12.1998#36633
Federal President Boris Yeltsin (left) congratulating President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev (right) on getting state award.19.05.1997#36630
From left: President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin awards Russian philologist and art expert Dmitry Likhachev the Order For Merit to the Fatherland 2nd Class for outstanding scholarly achievements and the development of Russian culture.20.12.1996#6328024
Russian President Boris Yeltsin presents the Order of Friendship to actress of Moscow's Sovremennik Theater Lidiya Tolmachyova.15.04.1996#6395955
President Boris Yeltsin (left) congratulating the U.S.S.R. Pilot-Cosmonaut German Titov (right) on being awarded the order For Merits Before the Fatherland.12.04.1996#36612
Russian President Boris Yeltin and Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachyov attending a reception in honor of graduates of military academies, the Kremlin.28.06.1995#768175
Russian President Boris Yeltsin attending a reception in honor of graduates of military academies, the Kremlin.28.06.1995#768174
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (left) congratulates Interior Minister Viktor Yerin on getting the Hero of the Russian Federation title.08.10.1993#52387
Russian President Boris Yeltsin and President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch, left to right, during a meeting with Russian Olympians, winners and medalists of the Winter and Summer Olympic Games in Albertville (France) and Barcelona (Spain).20.08.1992#6550978
From right: President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch during their meeting with Russian athletes who won medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.20.08.1992#6550976
President of the U.S.S.R. Mikhail Gorbachev (right) congratulating Boris Yeltsin (left) assuming the R.S.F.S.R. presidential post. 12.07.1991#28507
Meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies on the inauguration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Kremlin Palace of Congresses. July 10, 1991. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (right) congratulates Yeltsin on taking the office of the Russian President.10.07.1991#2891926
Meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies on the inauguration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Kremlin Palace of Congresses. July 10, 1991. Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexis II.10.07.1991#2891925
Meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies on the inauguration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Kremlin Palace of Congresses. July 10, 1991. Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexis II among deputies.10.07.1991#2891924
Meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies on the inauguration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Kremlin Palace of Congresses. July 10, 1991. Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (right).10.07.1991#2891923
General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev congratulates Alexy II on his election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus.10.06.1990#8314751
The visit of a Soviet delegation to the USA, May 30 - July 5, 1990. The ceremony to present prizes and honorary awards from influential public organizations to President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, right, at the Soviet Embassy in Washington.01.06.1990#8326584
The visit of a Soviet delegation to the USA, May 30 - July 5, 1990. The ceremony to present prizes and honorary awards from influential public organizations to President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, right, at the Soviet Embassy in Washington.01.06.1990#8326583
The official visit of a delegation of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the USSR. President of Brazil Jose Sarney, center, after receiving the diploma of Honorary Doctor of Moscow State University from Lomonosov Moscow State University Rector and Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Anatoly Logunov, first row second right.18.10.1988#8312786
