#834819 Patrolling the mountains. Operation of the special reconnaissance detachment of the 45th RF airborne forces regiment Patrolling the mountains. Operation of the special reconnaissance detachment of the 45th RF airborne forces regiment for detecting Chechen military base camps. Federal Forces group at the North Caucasus. 04/30/2000 #22549 Night gunfire attack A nondivisional artillery battalion, part of the Stavropolsky regiment, firing at armed gangs. 11/09/1999 #58476 Participants in the bodybuilding Grand Prix Fitness Planet Star Participants in the bodybuilding Grand Prix Fitness Planet Star. 09/17/1999 #8700 Swimming competition Swimming competition, 1998 World Youth Games, Moscow. 07/17/1998 #428468 Spiral stairs of Vatican Museum Spiral stairs goes to different parts of of Vatican Museum: museum of ancient art, Pinacotheca, Gregoriano museum and museum of Christian art. 11/01/1997 #332648 Jacek Palkiewicz's expedition moving through the Sahara Desert Jacek Palkiewicz's expedition moving through the Sahara Desert. 08/14/1997 #504572 Sahara expedition team Polish explorer Jacek Palkiewicz and his team cross the Sahara. 08/01/1997 #11157 Yuri Luzhkov Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov at the ceremony of blessing and lifting of the Grand Bell to the belfry of Christ the Savior Cathedral under reconstruction. 07/19/1997 #143658 Beach of the Italian resort Marina de Maratea At the beach of the Marina de Maratea resort on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast. 06/13/1997 #138373 Cathedral of Christ the Savior reflected in the Moskva River The Cathedral of Christ the Savior reflected in the Moskva River. 05/10/1997 #133053 Child, Grozny city Child near the gate riddled with bullet holes, Grozny city. 09/07/1996 #837533 In the streets of Grozny after hostilities In the streets of Grozny after hostilities. 09/01/1996 #32964 The St.Trinity Church The St.Trinity Church on a hill. 08/01/1995 #131736 Gobi Desert Gobi Desert 07/21/1995 #360990 Desert in place of dried off Aral Sea An old ship standing in Uzbekistan's Kara-Kalpakiya sands in place of the shrinking Aral Sea. 06/10/1994 #23291 Writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn Writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn arriving in Magadan, Russia, after he had spent 20 years abroad. 05/27/1994 #457539 Walrus and seal hunting Walrus and seal hunting. 05/01/1994 #188564 Viktor Chernomyrdin with his family Viktor Chernomyrdin, chairman of the Russian Council of Ministers, playing accordion with his family during a vacation in the village of Chyorny Otrog, Orenburg Region. 1993. 06/06/1993 #142301 Rally on Manezhnaya Square, Moscow A rally on Manezhnaya Square for freedom of speech, toughening the control over economy, lowering prices, and dismissal of the Russian and Moscow Governments. 01/12/1992 #34593 Soldier holding banner in Government House Soldier holding the banner in the Government House in the morning after the toppling of the Zviad Gamsakhurdia government 01/06/1992 #137932 Gorny Altai Gorny Altai. 11/30/1991 #140206 The Kurile Islands The Kuriles. 07/19/1991 #48532 G.D.R. Residents Smash Berlin Wall G.D.R. residents breaking up the Berlin Wall for souvenirs. 10/21/1990 #133605 A rainy day Reflection of the Assumption cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin in a puddle. 10/10/1990 #11837 Abandoned village An abandoned village in the Chernobyl area is torn down because of excessive radiation. 10/01/1990 #9563 Leap A daring leap on a Caucasian glacier. 08/01/1990 #8739 Mikhail Gorbachev at 28th CPSU meeting The USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, general secretary of the CPSU central Committee. 07/01/1990 #52357 Chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin after the third round of voting and approving him as chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet. 05/29/1990 #9055 Would-be diver A Nigerian youth in a diving helmet. 05/01/1990 #61581 Gorbachev at 2nd Congress of People's Deputies of U.S.S.R. General- secretary of the Soviet Communist Party central committee and Chairman of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev sitting on the panel of the 2nd Congress of People's Deputies of the U.S.S.R. 12/22/1989 #57037 The Fifth World Boxing Championship The Fifth World Boxing Championship 10/01/1989 #24280 Police search A woman police officer searches photo reporter Yury Abramochkin, left, during Mikhail Gorbachev's official visit to Great Britain. 08/17/1989 #61690 Mikhail Gorbachev making statement at the congress General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at the congress of people's deputies of the USSR 05/25/1989 #40678 Fidel Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. Fidel Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. 05/11/1989 #57453 Soviet forces leaving Afghanistan The convoy of Soviet armored personnel vehicles leaving Afghanistan. 02/15/1989 #504448 Preparation of IL-14 plane to flight Preparation of IL-14 plane to flight. The 34th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Autumn 1988 - spring 1989. 02/01/1989