Public and political figure, former human rights defender in Armenia Larisa Alaverdyan takes part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. 16.11.2020#6387788
Thousands of residents take part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. One of the protesters holds a poster reading "I am Artsakh". 16.11.2020#6387784
MP from the "Prosperous Armenia" faction Yvette Tonoyan takes part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. 16.11.2020#6387779
Producer and screenwriter Armen Grigoryan takes part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. 16.11.2020#6387765
Priest Yesai Artenyan takes part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. 16.11.2020#6387773
Thousands of residents take part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. 16.11.2020#6387776
Former MP, member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun Gegham Manukyan takes part in an opposition rally against the prime minister's decision to sign an agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is held on Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia. 16.11.2020#6387771
Supreme Council Chairman Vadim Krasnoselsky, his wife Svetlana and daughters at a polling station in Tiraspol during the presidential election in Transnistria.11.12.2016#2992550
A resident of Tiraspol casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Transnistria.11.12.2016#2992553
The end of the First Chechen War (1994-1996), achieved by the signing of the Khasavyurt Agreement on August 31, 1996 between representatives of the federal government of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Peaceful life returns to the village of Shatoy.14.11.1996#8269839
The end of the First Chechen War (1994-1996), achieved by the signing of the Khasavyurt Agreement on August 31, 1996 between representatives of the federal government of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Peaceful life is returning to the city of Urus-Martan.14.11.1996#8269838
Acting President of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Zelimkhan Yandarbiev at a rally in memory of the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev, in Grozny.14.11.1996#8269837
The end of the First Chechen War (1994-1996), achieved by the signing of the Khasavyurt Agreement on August 31, 1996 between representatives of the federal government of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Peaceful life is returning to the city of Grozny.14.11.1996#8269836
Acting President of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Zelimkhan Yandarbiev at a rally in memory of the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev, in Grozny.14.11.1996#8269835
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (unrecognized). March 1992. After a new shooting attack of the city of Stepanakert by Azerbaijan.01.03.1992#3195280
December 1, 1991. The first national presidential elections in the Gagauz Republic. Photo: A polling station in Besh-Alma village.01.12.1991#8235997
The first nationwide presidential election in the Gagauz Republic, at a polling station in the village of Besh-Alma.30.11.1991#8280413
The 1991 presidential election in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, won by Dzhokhar Dudayev.27.10.1991#8606558
The 1991 presidential election in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, won by Dzhokhar Dudayev (center).27.10.1991#8606557
The 1991 presidential election in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, won by Dzhokhar Dudayev.27.10.1991#8606556
Transportation of the monument to the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky from Lubyanka Square to the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled by order of the Moscow Soviet in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591048
A monument to the leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin in the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent the signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591047
A monument to the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky in the open-air sculpture museum in Moscow (now the Muzeon art park), dismantled in August 1991 after a failed coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in order to stop the collapse of the USSR and prevent the signing of the Union Treaty.03.09.1991#8591046
An extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the USSR, convened after an abortive coup by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. The coup's perpetrators tried to stop the breakup of the Soviet Union and to prevent the signing of the Union Treaty. Center: Alexander Yakovlev, Member of the Soviet Presidential Council, takes partr in the session.26.08.1991#8595570
Moscow. August 19-31, 1991. The First Congress of Compatriots involved about 700 compatriots from non-Soviet foreign countries. In this photo, the delegates are visiting the Presentation of the Virgin Optina Hermitage Monastery near Kozelsk in the Kaluga Region.24.08.1991#8595741
Moscow. August 19-31, 1991. The First Congress of Compatriots involved about 700 compatriots from non-Soviet foreign countries. In this photo, the delegates are standing near military equipment, abandoned not far from Red Square after an abortive by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency . The coup's perpetrators tried to stop the breakup of the Soviet Union and to prevent the signing of the Union Treaty.23.08.1991#8595742
The extraordinary meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened to address the attempted coup d'état in the USSR staged by members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP).21.08.1991#8230824
Vice President of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutskoi, second right, People's Deputy of the USSR Sergei Stankevich, near Rutskoi, at an emergency session of RSFSR Supreme Soviet, convened in connection with an attempted coup in the Soviet Union by members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency.21.08.1991#8230823
The extraordinary meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened to address the attempted coup d'état in the USSR staged by members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP). From left: Moscow City Council deputies Vladimir Daineko, Alexander Tsopov, Lev Ivanov and Valery Ikishcheli, who went on an indefinite hunger strike until Vyacheslav Komissarov, the only legitimate head of the Moscow City Executive Committee's Main Department of Internal Affairs, actually takes office.21.08.1991#8230822
Armed guards near the doors of an auditorium hosting an emergency session of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament) in connection with an abortive coup d’état in the Soviet Union involving members of the State Committee for the State of Emergency.21.08.1991#8230819
An extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened in connection with an attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee. Colonel General Konstantin Kobets, appointed to the post of Minister of Defense of the RSFSR, temporarily established on August 20, 1991 until the activities of the constitutional bodies of state power and administration of the USSR were fully restored, during a speech.21.08.1991#8598558
Third left: RSFSR President Boris Yeltsin and Acting Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov (center) at the Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, convened in connection with the attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee.21.08.1991#8598555
From left: President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin and acting chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov at the Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, convened in connection with the attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee.21.08.1991#8589249
August 19, 1991. Vasily Starodubtsev, Chairman of the Peasant Union of the USSR, at a news conference with members of State Committee for the State of Emergency at the Soviet Foreign Ministry's Press Center on Moscow's Zubovsky Boulevard.19.08.1991#8204271
Moscow. August 19-31, 1991. The First Congress of Compatriots involved about 700 compatriots from non-Soviet foreign countries.19.08.1991#8595548
A Republic of Zimbabwe Parliament delegation visits Moscow. Photo: Public and political activist F. T. Makaneze stays in a room at Yunost hotel.06.09.1968#5931530
