In memory of those who died for the Motherland (1970-е)

A panorama of the mass graves of Leningraders who perished or starved to death during the siege at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery.

A monument at the Piskarevskoye Cemetery.

Relatives of the victims at the monument, a panorama of wreaths laid at the wall.

A quote from O. Berggolts's poems on the wall.

The Eternal Flame burns.

A poster in defense of peace.

A wooden house with a terrace in a winter forest.

Graves of Soviet soldiers in a winter forest.

A winter forest landscape.

A grave with an obelisk bearing a five-pointed star, covered in snow.

Graves covered in snow.

A view of the town square during the wreath-laying ceremony at the monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

The faces of the event participants.

Laying a funeral wreath at the Eternal Flame.

The face of a Young Army member standing in the honor guard.

Veterans, youth, and children lay flowers at the Eternal Flame.

An elderly woman wipes away tears as a panorama of flowers and wreaths laid at the Eternal Flame.

Two veterans lay a wreath at the Eternal Flame.

The flame of the Eternal Flame.

Veterans and a member of the Young Army stand at the Eternal Flame during a moment of silence.

The Eternal Flame burns.

A memorial bas-relief on Pavlov's House in Volgograd.

A view of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

The "Alyosha" monument, erected in honor of Soviet soldiers on a mountain above Plovdiv.

A family lays flowers at the foot of the monument.

A view of the "Alyosha" monument.

Sculptures of a soldier and the Motherland on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.

A fragment of the bas-relief honoring the defenders of Stalingrad.

A view of part of the memorial grounds on Mamayev Kurgan.

City and regional leaders ascend to the Hall of Military Glory (above).

A panorama of the wall of the Hall of Military Glory with the names of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Interior views of the hall, a sculpture of a hand holding a burning torch.

The Motherland Monument, people on the stairs leading to the monument.

Night fireworks over Volgograd.

Participants of the Peace Congress in the meeting hall.

A delegate from an African country speaks from the podium.

Delegates' faces.

A peace meeting.

Clergymen at the meeting.

Panorama of the meeting hall of one of the peace conferences.

Speeches by participants of the Peace Congress.

US and NATO air force exercises.

Combat aircraft take off.

American pilots at the airfield.

North Vietnamese air defense forces fire on American aircraft.

The wreckage of a downed American plane, burning on the ground.

A burning fuel depot.

American soldiers extinguish a fire at the airfield.

Wounded American soldiers are evacuated by planes and helicopters.

A helicopter carrying the wounded takes off.

Coffins with the bodies of American soldiers killed in Vietnam before being sent home; the coffins are nailed shut.

A stack of bodies of fallen American soldiers, a panorama of body bags.

A US Army unit during a raid into enemy territory.

A Vietnamese sentry stands guard.

A view of the ceremony dedicated to the unveiling of a monument to partisans of the Great Patriotic War in one of the republics of the USSR. Participants in the ceremony stand bareheaded, laying a wreath at the base of the monument.

A view of the monument.

Soviet Army units march past the monument.

Participants in the funeral ceremony with a wreath.

Officers at the head of the formation.

Laying wreaths at the base of the monument late in the evening.

Views of the monument.