New Year at the walls of "Matrosskaya Tishina" (1991)

Pre-trial detention center #1 "Matrosskaya Tishina".

Relatives of prisoners decorate a Christmas tree outside.

Women hand out newspapers.

Journalists talk to those gathered.

A man hands out plastic cups.

A man hands out carnations.

They open champagne.

Champagne is poured into glasses and mugs.

Happy New Year greetings to prisoners of "Matrosskaya Tishina".

Elena Lukyanova is presented with a book of poems by her father, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A.I. Lukyanov.

Congratulations and toasts.

A woman talks about the beginning of an independent journalistic investigation into the official version of the putsch.

Claims that the army was not involved in the storming of the White House.

Communication with the families of prisoners.

The failed statement of A.M. Makashov.

Publications of interviews with relatives of prisoners.

The accused and the accusers, who is who.

People criticize perestroika and M.S. Gorbachev.

A man talks about injustice towards prisoners and solidarity with them.

A woman talks about the political significance of the action.