The Vorontsov Palace in Alupka, Crimea, Soviet Union (Voronstov Palace Dvortsovoye Hwy, 10 Alupka, 98676 Crimea). Exteriors of the Vorontsov Palace. Tourists sit on benches in the palace garden. Busts lined up inside the palace. A fountain in front of the palace. White marble lions at the entrance. People come down the steps of the southern facade of the palace. A mermaid statue.
City of Bakhchisaray in Crimea, Soviet Union. Views of Crimean mountains and landscape in the countryside in Crimea. Ruins of an ancient Jewish city of Chufut-Kale, which means "Jews Rock." Various structures, walls, buildings, and caverns seen in the ancient city in the mountains of Crimea. Exteriors of Hansaray in Bakhchisaray. Mosques and minarets in the city of Bakhchisaray. Views of Ottoman architecture of the Khan's Palace. Civilians and children in the city. Men and women in traditional clothing of the time and place. Close-up views of faces of people of the city. Bullock carts and horse carriages being driven through the city. Wide landscape views of cave towns and white marble monasteries and palaces nestled into high cliff faces of nearby mountains. Castle on a mountain top.
Unloading activity in Sevastopol, Soviet Union during World War II. Liberty ship SS William Blount being unloaded. Trucks in the foreground. Supply boxes in a sling are lowered from the ship. Supply crates in a sling being raised from the hangar deck of the ship.
Atomic bomb detonations at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, during Cold War. Nuclear weapon detonation wipes out nearby buildings. A mushroom cloud forms on top of tall pillar of smoke. Debris strikes everywhere, destroying infrastructure. Mushroom cloud with red smoke. Trees are snapped and fall from blast wave of nuclear bomb detonation. Debris strikes everywhere. Devastated trees in aftermath of atom bomb detonation. Overturned Russian tanks, destroyed buildings and infrastructure after atom bomb test.
Regional issues are discussed during the Moscow Summit on Soviet troops in Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq War, Middle East Peace, and Nicaragua cease fire. Soviet Union army troops in Afghanistan. A Russian tank is stationed. A camel wearing a mask in the foreground. Soviet soldiers marching. United States President Ronald Reagan speaks on the Soviet Union's decision on the removal of the soldiers from Afghanistan. “The next few months will be no time for complacency, no time to sit back and congratulate ourselves. The Soviets have rarely before--and not at all in more than three decades--left a country, once occupied. They have often promised to leave, but rarely in their history, and then only under pressure from the West, have they actually done it.” President Reagan said. Soviet Army trucks and tanks are driven. Soviet soldiers patrolling on streets in a town in Afghanistan. A United States officer in a press conference. A Soviet aircraft in flight dropping supplies. Soviet soldiers on tanks. Scene changes to Iranian and Iraqi soldiers as they fire artillery, rockets, and from tanks during the Iran-Iraq War. Scene of United Nations meeting in progress with George Schultz representing the United States. Missile fired by United States Navy ship at Iranian target. View of firefighting operations and wreckage of Iranian oil platforms following U.S. missile attack in Operation Nimble Archer on 19 October 1987. The U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz visits places in the Middle East, working to convince Arabs and the Israelis about a peace agreement. Scenes in Nicaragua, as a cease fire with the contra rebels is signed by Nicaraguan Defense Minister Humberto Ortega, on March 23 in Sapoa. Figures seen include Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Joao Baena Soares, (General Secretary of the Organization of American States), Cardinal Miguel Obando Y Bravo, and Alfredo Cesar, director of Nicaraguan Resistance.
Spartakiada, a Soviet Union festival of sports held on the opening of the VI Lenin Stadium (Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow on 31 July, 1956. Participating athletes from all over the Soviet Union as well as other countries, are seen parading in the opening ceremonies. Almost all carry flags and banners. Some accompany decorated floats. Massed flags of participating Soviet republics and other nations are carried in a parade. Pigeons are released as in Olympic openings. Some participants appear to be from Sudan. Behind them in the background a stadium clock displays a sign in Cyrillic reading "МИР," (the World). Women participants dance. Some Asian women dance with fans. Band members massed on the field create a "wave" with a large net over their heads.
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