XIX All-Union Conference of the CPSU (1988)

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan Masaliev A.M. speaks from the rostrum at a session of the 19th All-Union Conference of the CPSU in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, talks about the role of the CPSU in leading the country, quotes the CPSU Charter (synchronously).

Conference delegates applaud Masaliev.

Delegate from the Karelian Party Organization Yeltsin B.N. speaks from the rostrum at a conference session, talks about the need to begin perestroika in the party, about the lack of control of the masses over the activities of the CPSU (synchronously), sitting in the presidium behind are Ryzhkov N.I., Lukyanov A.I. Panorama of part of the rally on Gorky Street in Moscow during the 19th All-Union Conference of the CPSU. People on the street argue with each other about issues of further development of the country, about the concepts of capitalism and socialism, quote V.I. Lenin (synchronously).

The face of one of the participants in the rally.

The cameraman is filming.

Faces of participants in one of the rallies.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia D. I. Patiashvili speaks from the rostrum during a regular meeting of the 19th All-Union Conference of the CPSU, talks about the reasons for stagnation in perestroika (synchronously and off-screen), delegates listen to Patiashvili's speech.

Panorama of part of the rally on Gorky Street.

A banner with a slogan against bureaucrats over the heads of rally participants.

Rally participants speak out against the one-party system, about the program of the Democratic Union Party (synchronously and off-screen), faces of rally participants. V. I. Novodvorskaya among rally participants in the assembly hall of one of the institutions.

A representative of Kuibyshev residents speaks about the lack of trust in party bodies at various levels (synchronously).