Extraordinary Fifth Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR in Moscow

USSR. Moscow. September 2, 1991. Chairman of the Extraordinary Fifth Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, Chairman of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Ivan Dmitrievich Laptev, President of the USSR Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev and Advisor to the President of the USSR, Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov (from left to right) during the work of the Congress in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Alexander Chumichev/TASS