Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Victory in Moscow (1995)

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War during a meeting of their front-line comrades on the square in front of the Bolshoi Theater and in the park near the fountain on May 9, 1995, on the day of the 50th anniversary of the Victory, views of the theater building and the fountain.

Faces of veterans.

A schoolboy gives one of the veterans a balloon, the veteran thanks the boy.

The face of one of the veterans.

A veteran stands on the curb of the park with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

A banner with the name of the 68th Separate Guards Zhitomir-Berlin Tank Brigade in the hands of a veteran during a meeting of former brigade soldiers on Poklonnaya Hill, veterans stand at the table with glasses in their hands.

An elderly woman with a bouquet of flowers and military awards looks out for her acquaintances.

Veterans, standing at the table, raise a toast to the Victory.

Faces of veterans, meeting participants pour vodka into glasses.

View of the facade of the Bolshoi Theater, a veteran in uniform reads poetry to the meeting participants.

The face of a veteran sailor.

A veteran performs a front-line song accompanied by accordions, people sing along with him, the faces of the singing veterans.

Residents of Moscow go to Poklonnaya Gora for the opening ceremony of the Victory Museum, a front-line general walks in front with a bouquet of flowers, the face of the general.

View of the square in front of the museum, people fill the square.

A veteran with a bouquet of flowers in his hands looks for his comrades.

A woman and a girl give flowers to one of the veterans.

Female war veterans pass by.

The face of one of the veterans.

A homemade standard of the 144th Vilna Rifle Division, female veterans of the division talk to each other.

A veteran with a bouquet of flowers stands on the cobblestones of the square, leaning on a cane.

Flowers in the hands of a veteran, the face of a veteran.

A veteran stands on the square.

Faces of veterans participating in the meeting on Poklonnaya Gora.

A veteran with a camera in his hands.

An I-16 fighter jet on the museum site.

Veterans examine the military equipment on display.

A combat aircraft on the exhibition grounds.

A veteran's face.

A boy hands flowers to one of the veterans.

Veterans who have met shake hands, a veteran standing alone.

Veterans exchange addresses.

An elderly couple of veterans are walking along the square on Poklonnaya Hill.

A veteran with military awards on his jacket.

A veteran is carrying a red banner in his hand.

Panorama of the ceremonial rally on the occasion of the opening of the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill.

View of the stage in front of the museum building, B.N. Yeltsin is giving a speech (background), people are listening to Yeltsin's speech.

Helicopters are flying over Poklonnaya Hill, view of part of the rally.

People are watching the air parade over Poklonnaya Hill.

Veterans' faces, an elderly woman is looking for her comrades from the front.

Women are taking pictures with one of the veterans.

Veterans with bouquets of flowers in their hands on the square in front of the museum.

One of the veterans hides flowers in a bag, walks across the square, leaning on a cane.

Faces of female veterans passing by.

Veterans on the square in front of the museum, faces of veterans.

A veteran passes people with a tricolor Russian flag.

Veterans walk across the square after the opening ceremony of the Victory Museum.

A veteran passes with his grandson, the face of a veteran.

Veterans with an accordion.