Delme (13), an FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) fighter and radio operator.

A woman carries red carnations at a May Day demonstration by various trades unions and left wing political groups.

People carrying red flags at a May Day demonstration by various trades unions and left wing political groups.

A man carries a Communist Party of Iran flag and a placard featuring the portrait of Karl Marx at a May Day demonstration by various trades unions and left wing political groups.

Pedestrians walk past a propaganda poster for the Chinese Communist Party.

A protestor wearing a red carnation at a May Day demonstration by various trades unions and left wing political groups.

Pedestrians walk past a propaganda poster for the Chinese Communist Party.

Members of the People's Movement of Ukraine (RUKH), a pro-Ukrainian, Soviet opposition political party, rally in Donetsk during the coal miner's strike. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Gla...

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

Flags of an independent Ukraine are flown in the crowd by striking coal miners during a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms...

Flags of an independent Ukraine are flown in the crowd by striking coal miners during a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms...

Coal miners hold a rally in front of the communist headquarters in Donetsk during the coal miner general strike in the industrial Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. In early 1991 following decades of C...

Vladimir, a coal miner, in the front room of his home where a picture of Stalin hangs on a wall. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at the Kremlin, contributing to the dissoluti...

Activists on the streets of the capital collecting money in support of Ukrainian coal miners from the Donbas region who are striking for political change in the Soviet Union.

People queue outside what was the largest McDonald's in the world when it opened in Moscow in 1990.

A youth standing against a tree in a sprawing neighbourhood where coal miners live in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at the Kremlin, contributing to the dis...

Coal miners underground at the Chaikina coal mine. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike seeking political change at the Kremlin and contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Although on str...

A man sits beneath a network of pipes at the Chaikina coal mine.

Elderly women beg for money in a pedestrian underpass.

A woman exits a phone booth.

A queue waiting for a tram.

A woman looks out from the back of a car at a road junction.

A bright orange car parked on a street outside a tenement block.

People queue outside what was the largest McDonald's in the world when it opened in Moscow in 1990.

People walk through a Government GUM department store, displaying both Soviet and American flags, although the shops are mostly closed.

Soldiers march past government buildings on Red Square.

A man reading a newspaper on the street near an abandonned portable generator.

A group of elderly women socialising.

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

People clap and cheer as the flag of an independent Ukraine is raised by striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasn...

Flags of an independent Ukraine are flown by striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal...

Vladimir, a coal miner, and his wife in the front room of their home in a sprawing neighbourhood where miners live. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at the Kremlin, contributi...

People outside housing in a sprawing neighbourhood where coal miners live in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at the Kremlin, contributing to the dissolution...

A woman, who says she is struggling to raise her family due to the economic situation, cries as funds raised for striking coal miners are distributed during a rally in front of the communist party hea...

A woman who says she is struggling to raise her family due to the economic situation, speaks to striking coal miners holding a rally in front of the communist party headquarters during the coal miner'...

A woman speaks to striking coal miners holding a rally in front of the communist party headquarters during the coal miner's strike in the industrial Donbas region. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestro...

A man speaks to striking coal miners holding a rally in front of the communist party headquarters during the coal miner's strike in the industrial Donbas region. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroik...

A couple walking near housing at the Chaikina coal mine where Ukrainian coal miners went on strike seeking political change at the Kremlin and contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Coal miners underground at the Chaikina coal mine. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike seeking political change at the Kremlin and contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Although on str...

Coal miners underground at the Chaikina coal mine. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike seeking political change at the Kremlin and contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Although on str...

Soviet apartment blocks line a man-made lake in the Donbas region.

A couple walking near an area marked with coal mine tailings in the Donbas region.

A Russian Jew holds an Israel Football Association (IFA) keyring and a tie with the Tsarist two-headed eagle crest. While many youths dream of defecting to the west to escape the hardships of life in...

Friends who met at a mass demonatration and have banded together to fight for politial change, democaracy and freedom in the Soviet Union, get together for a meal and drinks.

An activist counts money collected in support of Ukrainian coal miners from the Donbas region who are striking for political change in the Soviet Union.

The Saint Nicholas Naval Cathedral.

A wedding ceremony on Orthodox Easter Sunday at Saint Nicholas Naval Cathedral. The bride and groom stand besidwe a GAZ limousine.

Flags of an independent Ukraine are flown by striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal...

A man speaks to striking coal miners holding a rally in front of the communist party headquarters during the coal miner's strike in the industrial Donbas region. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroik...

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

Striking coal miners at a rally in front of the communist party headquarters. Despite Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost reforms, Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at...

Leaders of the coal miner's strike committee discuss how to pay for the minimum energy costs necessary to maintain the mines during the general strike in the industrial Donbas region of eastern Ukrain...

Activists on the streets of the capital collecting money in support of Ukrainian coal miners from the Donbas region who are striking for political change in the Soviet Union.

Activists on the streets of the capital collecting money in support of Ukrainian coal miners from the Donbas region who are striking for political change in the Soviet Union engage in heated debates w...

A woman who is part of a collective attempting to gather one million signatures for political change in the Soviet Union on the streets of the capital.

A woman evicted from state housing for political reasons, showing the numerous letters she has written to authorities, appeals for a solution and help in the street.

People pass a decrepit building.

A father plays an accordian as his children sing for money while busking next to a Pepsi-Cola advertisement.

A busy open air street market.

A woman stops beside a pavement stall selling oranages

Leaders of the coal miner's strike committee discuss how to pay for the minimum energy costs necessary to maintain the mines during the general strike in the industrial Donbas region of eastern Ukrain...

Striking coal miners take part in a meeting. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at the Kremlin, contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Coal miners underground at the Chaikina coal mine. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike seeking political change at the Kremlin and contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Although on str...

A family evicted from state housing hold up a sign on the street in which they claim they were thrown out of their home for political reasons and are appealling for a solution and help.

A man stands on a decrepit side street.

Crowds waiting to buy ice cream at a popular ice cream parlor.

People reading political graffiti on the walls of a stairway leading to Russian writer Mikhail Bugakov's former apartment.

A Dixieland jazz band plays at an open air street market.

A busy open air street market.

A young couple talk beside a public phone booth on a street in the city where the road has been dug up.

People reading a two day old state newspapers displayed on a wall in the streets for public information.

People reading a two day old state newspaper displayed on a wall in the streets for public information.

An elderly woman rest beside a wall which is covered in hand written messages and classified ads.

A man adds to the political graffiti on a wall on a Moscow street.

A queue of people buying cucumbers from a street vendor.

People queue to buy sausages in a butcher's shop.

A tram travels through the city centre.

Two men repair a broken-down Zaporozhets car.

The Winter Palace and the Hermitage Museum.

Shoppers outside a newly opened branch of luxury perfumier Lancome. Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika policies allowed western brands such as Lancome and others to begin doing business in S...

Shoppers outside a newly opened branch of luxury perfumier Lancome. Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika policies allowed western brands such as Lancome and others to begin doing business in S...

A youth stands in a n area of scrubland seen through the window of a train travelling from Helsinki to Leningrad.

A woman pushing a pram in a small town seen through the window of a train travelling from Helsinki to Leningrad.

A birch tree forest seen through the window of a train travelling from Helsinki to Leningrad.

People buying fruit and vegetables from a pavement stall.

People enter a shop to buy food.

Vladimir, a coal miner, fires his hunting shot gun in a sprawing neighbourhood near his home where many miners live. Ukrainian coal miners went on strike for political change at the Kremlin, contribut...