A scientific tourist expedition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaskan coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Expedition members stay with Alaska residents.22.08.1991#6377862
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. From right:Alexander Alexeyev, an expert on the history of developing the Far East, Kamchatka and Russian America and Professor Nikolai Rakityansky, a historian who emigrated to the United States, near the Soviet vessel Akademik Shirshov in Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609432
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Vilen Alper, the captain of the scientific research vessel Akademik Shirshov, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609431
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Hydraulic Engineer Svetlana Beletskaya with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609430
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: N. Bogorenov, Deputy General Director For Foreign Economic Ties, Zarnitsa Industrial and Commercial Association, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609429
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Soviet architect I. Kryukov, a representative of the Russian America Association, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609428
A scientific tourist expedition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaskan coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Anchorage residents organize a festival honoring expedition members.01.08.1991#6377855
The Turkmen SSR. Photo: The architectural-memorial ensemble Trailblazers is the symbol of Nebit-Dag, now Balkanabad, a city of oil workers, and it also commemorates Ivan Gubkin who pioneered oil prospecting operations. The memorial was built by sculptor Alexander Abramov.01.04.1987#5927561
Yury Dyakov, Maintenance technician of the Moscow Electrovacuum Equipment Company and Hero of the Socialist Labor.25.03.1972#5958324
Moscow, the Soviet Union. The monument To Conquerors of Space on Cosmonauts Alley was built to a design by architects Alexander Kolchin and Mikhail Barshch.08.09.1969#6114369
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Hero of the Soviet Union Yury Gagarin and his wife Valentina Gagarin visit India. In this photo, Gagarin is meeting with the first President of India Rajendra Prasad, right. Interpreter Andrei Vavilov is sitting in the center.30.11.1961#8403524
Developing virgin and fallow lands. Welcoming the first trainload of volunteers who have arrived in the Omsk Region at the request of the Young Communist League (Komsomol). During the first 12 months of developing virgin lands, almost 31,000 hectares of previously unused land plots had been plowed up in the Pavlodar District.12.03.1954#8757892
