At the 27th Congress of the CPSU. Special issue No. 7 (1986)

A quote and portrait of V.I. Lenin.

A star on the Kremlin tower.

The camera pulls back, a view of the Kremlin.

Posters on the State Historical Museum.

A view from the window. V.I. Lenin's office in the Kremlin.

Streets and residents of Moscow.

A man holds a copy of the Pravda newspaper.

Delegates of the 27th Congress head to the Kremlin Palace.

March 4, 1986. Debate continues on N.I. Ryzhkov's report "On the Main Directions of Economic and Social Development of the USSR in 1986-1990 and for the Period up to the Year 2000".

Chairman of the morning session V.V. Shcherbitsky.

The floor is given to N.S. Ermakov.

Delegate Shulyak. D.K. Motorny speaks. M.S. Gorbachev as part of the Politburo.

Report by N.A. Nazarbayev.

Delegate Pronyagin.

On the podium is Yu.N.Prokopyev. V.Teitelbaum reads a greeting from the people of Chile.

Deputy Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Revival Party of Syria Abdullah al-Ahmar.

View of the hall.

Delegates during a break between sessions.

The session is chaired by V.I.Vorotnikov.

Report by F.V.Popov. B.E.Paton speaks.

Delegate Dzenis.

Heng Samrin speaking. A. Fava speaking.

Chairman of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Japan M. Kaneko.

Spasskaya Tower, Kremlin chimes.

Host of the evening session V. Chebrikov.

On the rostrum M. Yu.

Yusupov.

Delegate Kostenko. A. Sozinov speaking.

Representatives of the Soviet armed forces greet the congress delegates.

The greeting is read out by Major General Mikhailov.

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

Chairman of the World Federation of Trade Unions Sh.

Gaspar.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Israel. U. Kashtan speaking.

On the rostrum H. Baghdash.

The hall applauds standing.