Graffiti on the wall of a house near a monument to submarine sailors in Sevastopol.21.11.2015#2742880
Mothers and wives of Ukrainian soldiers during a protest rally outside the Verkhovna Rada building, demanding freedom for captured soldiers.07.10.2014#2505037
Valentina Artemyeva, right, and Kira Volodina, members of the Russian national swimming team, at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.15.04.2008#306742
Yevgeny Korotyshkin, a member of the Russian national swimming team, at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.15.04.2008#306741
Crimean Region, Ukrainian SSR. In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were deported from the Crimean ASSR to Uzbekistan and neighboring regions of Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. On November 14, 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet adopted a declaration restoring the deported ethnicities' rights. Crimean Tatars started to return from deportation. A house bought by a family of returnees.01.09.1990#8205063
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989) at home with younger brothers.08.05.1990#5556580
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989) with his pet.08.05.1990#5556578
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989) with his mother.08.05.1990#5556577
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989). True men can do everything.08.05.1990#5556576
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989) with his wife Lena. Photo from the family archive.08.05.1990#5556575
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989). Boys try the elder brother's military uniform on.08.05.1990#5556394
A veteran of Afghan War, internationalist soldier Ilya Shumilkin (1979 - 1989) teaches his brothers how to play guitar.08.05.1990#5556393
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of Czechoslovakia (February 26, 1990 - June 30, 1991), which stayed there since 1968. Military personnel and their families will live in new apartments.20.03.1990#6676790
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of Czechoslovakia (February 26, 1990 - June 30, 1991), which stayed there since 1968. Constructing seven buildings with 100-144 flats each for military personnel and their families.20.03.1990#6676785
In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. Y.Ablyamitov works as a tractor operator. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Crimean Region.27.12.1989#6558234
In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. An improvised camp of the relocatees. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Crimean Region.27.10.1989#6558245
In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. The relatives of E.Shapchi from Uzbekistan inquire about life in Crimea before deciding on returning to their ancestral territory. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.27.10.1989#6558244
In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. At the same time, some members of the Crimean Tatar ethnic group started taking over plots of land without authorization, which the Crimean Tatars called voluntary recovery. Participants in the conflict. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Crimean Region.27.10.1989#6558235
Withdrawal of limited contingent of Soviet forces from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). The last preparations before crossing the state border of the USSR.15.02.1989#2888185
Withdrawal of limited contingent of Soviet forces from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). Boris Gromov, commander of the limited contingent of Soviet forces in Afghanistan, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General, and his son Maxim who came to meet him, are the last to leave Afghanistan.15.02.1989#2888184
Withdrawal of the restricted Soviet contingent from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). With Afghanistan leaving behind, stepping on the first meters of Soviet soil.15.02.1989#2891722
Completion of the withdrawal of the Soviet limited troop contingent from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). The contingent's commander, Hero of the Soviet Union Lt-Gen Boris Gromov surrounded by journalists.15.02.1989#2891718
The end of the withdrawal of the Soviet limited troop contingent from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). A column of armor crosses the Afghan-Soviet border along the Friendship Bridge via the Amu-Darya River.15.02.1989#2891716
Stage-by-stage withdrawal of the Soviet limited troop contingent from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). Jornalists welcome the armored personnel carrier of the contingent's Commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lt-Gen Boris Gromov.15.02.1989#2891715
Gradual withdrawal of the limited contingent of Soviet forces from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). The last column of Soviet troops has just crossed the Afghan-Soviet border.15.02.1989#2891713
Gradual withdrawal of the limited contingent of Soviet forces from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). Media representatives greet armored personnel carrier with Boris Gromov, commander of the limited contingent of Soviet forces in Afghanistan, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General.15.02.1989#2891711
Photo correspondent at the Novosti Press Agency (APN) Andry Solomonov during withdrawal of limited contingent of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.15.02.1989#2899385
Withdrawal of the restricted Soviet contingent from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). Armored vehicles crossing the Afghan-Soviet border along the Druzhba bridge across the Amu-Darya River.15.05.1988#2891720
Gradual withdrawal of limited contingent of Soviet forces from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). A column of armored vehicles crosses the Afghan-Soviet border on the Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya River.15.05.1988#2888179
Withdrawal of the restricted Soviet contingent from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). Border guards making arrangements for giving a welcome to the first column from Afghanistan.15.05.1988#2891724
Gradual withdrawal of the limited contingent of Soviet forces from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). A column of armored vehicles crosses the Afghan-Soviet border on the Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya River.15.05.1988#2891712
May 15, 1988. Beginning of the gradual withdrawal of the limited contingent of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.15.05.1988#2891710
May 15, 1988. Beginning of the gradual withdrawal of the limited contingent of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.15.05.1988#2891709
The Kabardino-Balkaria ASSR. General store director V. Kuvent who has returned to the Soviet Union from Israel. The family's members are waiting for their mother to come back.01.02.1976#5561522
Left to right: Alexei, Viktoria and Svetlana Leonov in a bus returning home from a forest walk. 10.09.1965#16279
The U.S..S.R. Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova returning home from a foreign trip.29.01.1964#16717
The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. On July 10, 1945, the first train carrying demobilized Red Army soldiers left Berlin for the USSR. Lieutenant General Konstantin Telegin, center, says good-bye to Soviet soldiers.10.07.1945#8659767
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Soviet citizens kidnapped for forced labor in Germany return home. Crossing the Elbe.01.07.1945#8658531
The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. American, British and French soldiers and officers, liberated by the Soviet Army from German concentration camps, are travelling home. Boarding the ship at the Odessa seaport.01.03.1945#8659644
Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Liberating the Belorussian SSR from Nazi invaders. Local residents return to their homes in liberated Minsk. Belorusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History Archives.04.07.1944#8688774
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Residents of the villages liberated from Nazis look on the bodies of civilians tortured to death.08.02.1943#8658564
Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Liberation of the city of Istra from the Nazi invaders. During the occupation, the city was completely burned and destroyed. A local resident collects surviving items from the ashes of her home.11.12.1941#8662590
