October revolt in Moscow

Russia. Moscow. Supporters of the head of the Russian state at the Mossovet building on Tverskaya Street during an armed standoff between supporters of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation and Russian President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin. The signing of the decree by the president on the dissolution of the Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Soviet led to an internal political conflict and mass riots. Alexander Shogin/TASS