An idea flashes upon Garry Kasparov during a chess match in Zagulba, Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan.10.10.1986#596826
Famous photojournalist Boris Kaufman during an interview to RIA Novosti journalists.01.02.2010#561919
Fifty five years since the death of Russian and Soviet political leader and statesman Vladimir Lenin (1970-1924). A line to the Mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow.A line to the Mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow.22.01.1979#551804
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev at the second Congress of People's Deputies.23.12.1989#550079
The prominent Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, in his kitchen.25.09.1989#544362
A man in the courtyard of his house, riddled with bullets in the village of Ağdam in the Tovuz District, Azerbaijan.22.09.1992#535991
Delegates to the 28th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union pretending not to notice Boris Yeltsin's resignation from the party.12.06.1990#530295
Merited Coach of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Vladimir Kamelzon training children at a junior-league tennis sports school in Donetsk.10.12.1975#525706
A patient being transported to an operating room at a clinic of the Oncology Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences.10.12.1968#525691
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, center, with his colleagues after a meeting of the third Congress of People's Deputies.12.03.1990#523848
Nakhodka, on the Sea of Japan, is one of the largest commercial ports in the Russian Far East.08.07.1985#523835
A man gazing at a girl in a Russian national costume during Tyumen City Day celebrations.08.07.1986#523828
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007), left, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.22.10.1991#523826
The famous statesman, Chairman of the Soviet Supreme Soviet Anatoly Lukyanov, center, almost fainted after a meeting.08.12.1991#523803
The famous conductor Dmitry Kitayenko, People's Artist of the Soviet Union, teacher at the Moscow State Conservatory.08.12.1986#523778
KGB Colonel Vladimir Medvedev, second right, providing first aid to General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev (1907-1982), second left, who is about to faint.07.11.1981#523753
From left: Russian President Boris Yeltsin [1931-2007] and Speaker of the Russian Supreme Soviet [Parliament] Ruslan Khasbulatov at the Seventh Congress of Russian People's Deputies.14.12.1992#522821
The famous Russian composer, music theorist and teacher Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998).02.05.1983#513215
The prominent Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.25.09.1989#512911
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev at the fourth session of the USSR Supreme Soviet [Parliament].10.07.1987#507609
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev at the fourth session of the USSR Supreme Soviet [Parliament].10.07.1987#507607
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev at the fourth session of the USSR Supreme Soviet [Parliament].10.07.1987#507606
The Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) during a news conference at the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory.05.04.1986#501819
Mikhail Gorbachev an hour before his election as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.10.03.1985#487595
Members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, from left: Boris Yeltsin, a candidate for the Politburo (1931-2007), Alexandra Biryukova, secretary of the CPSU Central Comittee, Central Committee member Anatoly Lukyanov, and Central Committee General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on the Mausoleum tribune.07.11.1986#487593
