Events of August 1991 in Moscow (1991)

Homemade posters in support of Yeltsin and calling for a general strike on the wall of a Moscow building, women stand at the entrance to the House of Soviets of the RSFSR. Construction of a barricade made of reinforcement bars on the steps of the House of Soviets, people behind the barricade stand in a human chain (panorama).

Anti-fascist poster, people cordoned off near the House of Soviets, a barricade made of reinforcement bars (panorama).

View of part of the House of Soviets, people on the steps.

View of a high-rise building and adjacent barricades.

Construction of a barricade made of concrete blocks near the House of Soviets, young people move the blocks to the roadway, view of part of the building.

Panorama of the barricade in the evening, people walk to the House of Soviets.

Faces of rally participants (panorama).

People stand in the rain with open umbrellas, view of part of a wrecked trolleybus.

People light candles at the site of the death of Komar, Usov and Krichevsky during a clash with troops in the tunnel on the Garden Ring.

View of part of the funeral rally during the funeral of those killed in the tunnel on the Garden Ring.

Faces of the rally participants.

Reporters are filming.

Carrying a giant tricolor flag through the streets of Moscow on the day of the funeral of Komar, Krichevsky and Usov on August 24, 1991. Trucks in mourning attire with the bodies of the dead drive by.

Faces of funeral participants, views of the funeral procession, representatives of the Jewish diaspora carry a portrait of Ilya Krichevsky.

Bouquets of flowers in a broken trolleybus (panorama).

Construction of a barricade on the steps of the entrance to the House of Soviets.

Panorama of the territory near the House of Soviets at sunset, people gather in groups.

A burning fire, defenders of the House of Soviets around the fire.

Distribution of hot food from a field kitchen to the defenders of the House of Soviets.

Barricade near the House of Soviets, view of the Moskva River.

Faces of the defenders of the House of Soviets (panorama).

People at the entrance to the building catch leaflets dropped from above.