At the 27th Congress of the CPSU. Special Issue No. 4 (1986)

Quote and portrait of V.I. Lenin.

February 28, 1986, Moscow, view of the Kremlin.

Streets of Moscow.

People buying morning newspapers.

Traffic along the avenue.

Delegates and guests of the 27th Congress head to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

Spasskaya Tower, Kremlin chimes.

Applause in the meeting hall.

People take their seats.

The morning session is chaired by D.A. Kunayev. V.M. Chebrikov speaks. A.M. Masaliev is on the tribune.

Secretary of the party committee of the Izhmash production association Lobov. S.I. Manyakin speaks.

Metro construction foreman Sukhanov. K.S. Demirchyan is on the tribune. V.M. Mishin reports.

Mengistu Haile Mariam is at the microphone.

After the break, the session is chaired by M.S. Solomentsev. P.N. Demichev speaks.

On the podium is S.K.Gross.

Director of the Uzbek boarding school Yakubova. V.I.Kalashnikov is speaking.

Statement by G.Plissonnier.

General view of the hall, applause of delegates and guests.

The Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan is speaking.

Newspaper pages.

Operators transmit messages by teletype.

A photographer takes pictures.

Journalists in the press center.

A journalist types on a typewriter.

People in the corridors of the press center.

Spasskaya Tower, Kremlin chimes.

Chairman of the evening meeting G.A. Aliyev. E.A. Shevardnadze is speaking.

Donbass miner Shatalov is on the rostrum.

First Secretary of the Primorsky Regional Committee of the CPSU Gagarov.

First Secretary of the Rural Kamensky District Committee of the CPSU of the Voronezh Region Fedorova. S.A. Niyazov is on the rostrum.

Delegate L.A. Kulidzhanov. G. Mis. is speaking. G. Hall sends greetings from the Communists of the USA. General view of the hall from the balcony.

Young Pioneers and Komsomol members are walking along the aisles.

Children present flowers to members of the Politburo.

Applause from the audience.

BAM builder V. Melnikov speaks.

Pioneers read poems. V. Melnikov hands M. S. Gorbachev a Komsomol report.

Applause from the audience.

Views of the Kremlin late in the evening.