Perestroika (it is the Russian term (now used in English) for the economic reforms introduced in Jun (1987)

Panorama of the Moscow Kremlin.

The streets of Moscow, on the buildings of banners with slogans.

Delegates XVIII Congress of Trade Unions of the USSR sent to the venue of the meetings.

Television cameras.

View of the hall from the second floor.

XVIII Congress of Delegates.

Fragments of the mural behind the grandstand - the flag of the USSR, Vladimir Lenin.

View of the meeting room, greeting the assembled members of the Government of applause.

On the podium goes Gorbachev.

Congress delegates sit on the ground.

Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev.

Alternate hall and general plans of the government platform, the audience ranks, writing in notebooks people, individuals listeners cheering delegates.

Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev.

Alternate hall and general plans of the government platform, the audience ranks, writing in notebooks people, individuals listeners cheering delegates.

Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev.

Alternate hall and general plans of the government platform, the audience ranks, writing in notebooks people, individuals listeners cheering delegates.

After the speech, Gorbachev leaving the rostrum, the hall applauded standing.

View of the hall from the second floor.

XVIII Congress of Delegates.