Alik Aluwihare, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare's stay in Leningrad. Outside Smolny Cathedral.15.10.1990#6645400
Alik Aluwihare, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare's stay in Leningrad. A stroll along the Neva embankment near the Aurora cruiser.15.10.1990#6645396
Alik Aluwihare, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare is seen here at the Peter the Great "The Bronze Horseman" monument on Senate Sqaure in Leningrad. Background: St. Isaac's Cathedral.15.10.1990#6645389
Alik Aluwihare,right, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare's stay in Leningrad. On Arts Square outside the building of the State Russian Museum.15.10.1990#6645388
Alik Aluwihare, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare's stay in Leningrad. On Arts Square at the Pushkin monument. Background: the State Russian Museum.15.10.1990#6645387
Alik Aluwihare, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare is seen here on Dvortsovaya Square in Leningrad.15.10.1990#6645386
Alik Aluwihare, minister of information and mass communications of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, visits the USSR. Aluwihare's stay in Leningrad. On Vasilyevsky Island spit.15.10.1990#6645385
Ratna Handurukande, professor and Sanskrit expert from Sri Lanka, left, and instructor of Leningrad State University Yelena Gabriel write a textbook.30.09.1990#8363407
Ratna Handurukande, professor and Sanskrit expert from Sri Lanka, left, at Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Cabinet of Curiosities). USSR Academy of Sciences (now Russian Academy of Sciences).30.09.1990#8363406
Professor, Sanskrit specialist from Sri Lanka Ratma Handurukande studying Sri Lankan manuscripts during a visit to Leningrad.30.09.1990#8363405
Books in Sinhala in the library of Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University (now Peoples' Friendship University of Russia).20.09.1990#8301309
Sri Lankan students studying at the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation. With their Soviet friends, Ukrainian SSR.11.09.1990#8352763
Sri Lankan students studying at the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation. The university campus. Ukrainian SSR.11.09.1990#8352762
Sri Lankan students studying at the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation. During a walk in Kiev, left: St. Andrew's Church (St. Andrew the First-Called), built in 1744-1754 by architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Ukrainian SSR11.09.1990#8352761
Teaching students from Sri Lanka at the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation. Practical exercises at the airport. Ukrainian SSR.11.09.1990#8352760
A delegation from Sri Lanka visits the USSR. Left: Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Stepan Chistoplyasov at a meeting with members of a delegation from Sri Lanka.01.08.1990#8301310
A delegation from Sri Lanka visits the USSR. Delegation members are seen near the Russian government building in Moscow.01.08.1990#8301308
Lomonosov Moscow State University. Mr. Vikramage from Sri Lanka defended his thesis on the topic: "The role of the media in shaping public opinion in Sri Lanka." He was awarded the degree of candidate of philological sciences.18.07.1990#8342412
Lomonosov Moscow State University. Dissertation student Mr. Vikramage from Sri Lanka (in the foreground on the right) accepts congratulations after defending his thesis on the topic: "The role of the media in shaping public opinion in Sri Lanka."18.07.1990#8342399
Sculpture Tea Picker by Soviet sculptor Marianna Yaroslavskaya, Member of the Union of Soviet Artists and Merited Art Worker of the Yakutian ASSR.14.06.1990#8404068
A bust of Lolita T. B. Sabusinghe from the Lanka Motifs series by Soviet sculptor Marianna Yaroslavskaya, Member of the Union of Soviet Artists and Merited Art Worker of the Yakutian ASSR.14.06.1990#8404064
Soviet sculptor Marianna Yaroslavskaya, Member of the Union of Soviet Artists and Merited Art Worker of the Yakutian ASSR, works on her masterpiece from the Lanka Motifs series. .14.06.1990#8404063
A bust of Buddhist monk Pallekande Ratanasara Mahha Tkhero from Sri Lanka by Soviet sculptor Marianna Yaroslavskaya, Member of the Union of Soviet Artists and Merited Art Worker of the Yakutian ASSR. From the Lanka Motifs series.01.05.1990#8404062
A visit by a delegation of Sri Lankan trade unions to the USSR. Member of the delegation S. Gurevel.18.03.1990#6667163
A visit by a delegation of Sri Lankan trade unions to the USSR. Members of the delegation pose for a group photo.18.03.1990#6667160
A visit by a delegation of Sri Lankan trade unions to the USSR. Members of the delegation in a Moscow souvenir shop.18.03.1990#6667159
The Global Forum on Environment and Development for Human Survival, held in Moscow from 15 to 19 January 1990. Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka Mr. Vipulasara.11.01.1990#8352758
The Global Forum on Environment and Development for Human Survival, held in Moscow from 15 to 19 January 1990. Forum participant from Sri Lanka A.T. Ariyaratne.11.01.1990#8352757
The Global Forum on Environment and Development for Human Survival, held in Moscow from 15 to 19 January 1990. Sri Lankan journalist Mr. Wittachi.11.01.1990#8352756
The official event to mark the 30th anniversary of the USSR-Sri Lanka Friendship Society. Participants in the event tour the exhibit featuring works by painter Nikolai Velichko.02.01.1990#6663239
Participants attend the official event to mark the 30th anniversary of the USSR-Sri Lanka Friendship Society.02.01.1990#6663238
The official event to mark the 30th anniversary of the USSR-Sri Lanka Friendship Society. A Moscow school student gets familiarized with Sri Lankan arts and crafts.02.01.1990#6663236
A Sri Lanka delegation in Minsk, Byelorussia. Prominent Sri Lankan journalist Mervyn de Silva and well-known Sri Lankan religious figure Lily de Silva meeting with Nil Gilevich, first secretary of the Union of Writers of the Byelorussian SSR. 1989.01.08.1989#772068
Sri Lankan playwright Dharmakirti in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR. The writer is writing in the book of honored guests after his visit to the Museum of Arts (today State Museum of Arts of Turkmenistan).09.06.1989#6667157
Sri Lankan playwright Dharmakirti (sitting) in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR. The guest visited the Karl Marx State Republican Library of the Turkmen SSR (today State Turkmenistan Library).09.06.1989#6667154
Sri Lankan playwright Dharmakirti, center, in Turkmen SSR, during his visit to the chair of the 40 Years of Turkmenistan collective farm (left).08.06.1989#6667158
Sri Lankan playwright Dharmakirti, right, in the Turkmen SSR. During a trip to the Karakum Desert.08.06.1989#6667155
The Tajik SSR. Right: Sri Lanka playwright R. Darmakirti in Dushanbe eats lunch at a tea-room in Dushanbe.05.06.1989#6666039
The Tajik SSR. Sri Lanka playwright R. Darmakirti looks at a statue of Buddha in Dushanbe.05.06.1989#6666035
Extraodinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka Rodney Clement Austen Vandergert and alternate member of the Politbureau of the CPSU CC, First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Pyotr Demichev, right, during a delivery presentation of credentials in the Kremlin.15.12.1987#3033892
A delegation of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka on a visit to the USSR. The delegation head, Mr. Dissanayake addresses a meeting at the Moscow Tyre Plant.16.11.1987#5765358
A delegation of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka on a visit to the USSR. A tour of the Moscow Tyre Plant.16.11.1987#5765356
A visit by a delegation of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka to the USSR. Head of the delegation W. Dissanayake, center, with workers of Moscow Tyre Plant.16.11.1987#5765354
A visit by a delegation of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka to the USSR. Member of the delegation Madoluwawe Sobita speaks at the official meeting held to mark the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the USSR and Sri Lanka at Moscow Tyre Plant.16.11.1987#5765353
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka K. P. Silva, who arrived to the USSR to attend the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. A visit to Sergo Ordzhonikidze Machine-Tool Plant.05.11.1987#5802273
Nanda Mathew, political and state figure from the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, during his visit to the USSR.01.06.1987#8542600
The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, July 27 - August 3, 1985 in Moscow. The delegation of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka during the ceremonial procession of the festival participants along the streets of Moscow.27.07.1985#8966966
The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, July 27 - August 3, 1985 in Moscow. The delegation of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka during the ceremonial procession of the festival participants along the streets of Moscow.27.07.1985#8966965
Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka in the USSR. Meeting of Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka with the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Buryat ASSR Mr. Anginov.01.07.1984#8775435
Hiran Prasanna Premaratna, a student of Kuban Agriculture Institute, came to study in Krasnodar from Sri Lanka.01.03.1984#868999
Student of the Kuban Agricultural Institute Hiran Prasanna Premaratna arrived in Krasnodar from Sri Lanka.01.03.1984#868779
M. Gunasekera, Sri Lankan student at Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University (now Peoples' Friendship University of Russia).27.02.1979#8151683
Madu Varlapala, center, from Sri Lanka, a fourth-grade student of a Moscow school. Literature class.06.10.1976#6529313
Patrice Lumumba University (today's Peoples' Friendship University of Russia). A student from Sri Lanka Sumitra Bharadwaj is taking a geology test.28.05.1976#6530697
Patrice Lumumba University (today's Peoples' Friendship University of Russia). A student from Sri Lanka Sumitra Bharadwaj, left, during a walk around the university campus.28.05.1976#6530695
