The second day of the congress. Discussion of the reports of the CPSU and the Central Auditing Commission, a brief overview of the speeches of Soviet and foreign communists.
 




A quote and portrait of V.I. Lenin.
A flag on the roof of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
View of Red Square.
A poster on the State Historical Museum.
A monument to V.I. Lenin.
Streets of Moscow.
Press center of the 27th Congress of the CPSU. Journalists in the foyer.
People reading fresh reports on a stand.
Journalists typing on typewriters under dictation.
Photographer.
Cameraman.
People watching a recording of the first day of the congress.
Delegates in the meeting hall. G.F. Sizov on the podium.
General view of the hall.
Panorama of Moscow.
February 26, 1986, a meeting in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, applause from the audience.
View of the podium.
Chairman of the morning meeting N.I. Ryzhkov.
Views of the hall. V.I. Vorotnikov on the podium. V.V. Shcherbitsky speaking.
Views of the hall.
Fragment of B.N. Yeltsin’s speech.
At the microphone is the foreman of the Leningrad PO "Kirov Plant" Oleshnikov.
On the podium is N.N.Slyunkov.
Report by N.D.Tereshchenko.
Speech by D.A.Kunaev.
Chairman of the second part of the morning session is M.S.Solomentsev.
On the podium is D.I.Patiashvili.
Report by academician A.P.Aleksandrov.
Minister of Instrument Engineering M.S.Shkabardnya.
Gorbachev M.S. -- state
26.02.1986
Moscow
Winter




Applause from the audience. F.A. Castro Ruz comes to the podium.
People take their seats. F.A. Castro Ruz greets the delegates of the 27th Congress.
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam speaks. V.V. Jaruzelsky speaks. E.A. Shevardnadze chairs the evening session. A.A. Gromyko speaks. V.N. Pletneva is at the microphone.
Delegate G.G. Vedernikov. I.B. Usmankhodjaev is on the podium.
First Secretary of the Surgut City Committee of the CPSU of the Tyumen Region Anikin. K.G. Vaino speaks.
Greetings to the Congress from E. Honecker. G. Husak is on the podium.
Welcoming speech by J. Kadar.
Applause from the audience.
Streets of Moscow late in the evening.
Views of the Kremlin late in the evening from the embankment.
Castro Ruz F.A. -- Cuban revolutionary
26.02.1986
Moscow
Winter