Russia's singer Manizha poses on the turquoise carpet ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.16.05.2021#6546203
Police officers wearing protective face masks move demonstrators during an anti-government protest, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Warsaw, Poland.16.05.2020#6243564
Army servicemen in the area of the former Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in the southern suburb of Damascus.16.05.2018#5503951
The giant Like sculpture in St. Petersburg installed as part of Yury Berestov's Giant Moving Sculptures art project.16.05.2018#5502701
Participants in the 'children's troops' parade held in Rostov-on-Don as part of the Thanks to Grandfather for Victory celebratory events honoring Great Patriotic War veterans.16.05.2018#5502402
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès seen here ahead of the opening of the 70th Cannes International Film Festival.16.05.2017#3100341
US player Trevor van Riemsdyk, left, and Russia's player Artemy Panarin at the 2017 IIHF World Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and the USA.16.05.2017#3100194
Spring field work on the fields of the Verguza company in the Ivanovo district of the Ivanovo region.16.05.2016#2849105
Producer Colin Firth and his wife, producer Livia Giuggioli, on the red carpet of the movie Loving (dir. Jeff Nichols) at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.16.05.2016#2849013
May 16, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony orchestra, which is held at the Big hall of the conservatory as part of the Easter Festival.16.05.2016#2848827
Russian players after their victory in the 2016 IIHF World Championship group stage match between the Russian and Norwegian national teams.16.05.2016#2848758
Russia's Yevgeny Malkin, left, and Alexander Ovechkin celebrate a goal during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 semifinal between the national teams of the USA and Russia.16.05.2015#2626646
Russia's Stanislav Denisov and South Korea's Kim Tae-hun during the men's final finweight competition at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia.16.05.2015#2626495
Ukrainian National Guards leave Military Unit 3037 in Donetsk taken over by volunteers of the Vostok militia battalion.16.05.2014#2430862
A Sukhoi 27 fighter jet of the "Russkiye Vityazi" aerobatics team during Strizhi anniversary show.16.05.2014#2430662
The audience at the Malmo Arena during the Eurovision-2013 song contest's second semi-final in Malmo.16.05.2013#1470439
State of emergency declared in the Liman district of the Astrakhan region due to an infestation of locusts. A plane sprays farm fields with pesticides.16.05.2012#1124633
Law enforcement officers detain opposition activists gathered on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow.16.05.2012#1124589
Human rights activist Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician and statesperson, specialist for international relations, during the 1st Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR.16.05.1990#947036
Finnish team after their victory over Sweden in the final match of the 2011 Ice Hockey World Championship between Sweden and Finland.16.05.2011#910974
A Soviet tank brigade seen off to the front in Chelyabinsk. The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).16.05.1942#865661
Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Her Royal Higness, Princess Anne, at the Kremlin.16.05.2000#790356
Students of High School No.28, future kindergarten teachers, receive on-the-job training in a kindergarten several days a week.16.05.1964#695020
Dynamo hockey club - winners of the 1972 USSR Cup. From left to right: Anatoly Belonozhkin, Stanislav Schegolev, Yevgeny Kotlov, Valery Nazarov, Valery Vasilyev, Alexander Filippov, Head Coach, Distinguished Master of Sports of the Soviet Union Arkady Chernyshev, Vladimir Orlov, Mikhail Titov, Yuri Reps, Vladimir Yurzinov, Anatoly Sevidov, Viktor Shilov Alexander Maltsev. Sitting from left to right: Igor Samochernov, Vitaly Davydov, Alexander Pashkov, Mikhail Alekseenko, Vladimir Polupanov, Vladimir Devyatov, Anatoly Motovilov, Yuri Chichurin.16.05.1972#682716
Bell ringers perform at the bell ringing festival at Vladivostok's Pokrovsky cathedral.16.05.2010#665987
Zenit St. Petersburg players celebrating their 1-0 win over Sibir Novosibirsk in the 2009/10 Russian Football Cup final match.16.05.2010#665809
Swedish Dragon fighter pilots, in the USSR at the invitation of the Soviet Air Force, visiting Red Square.16.05.1972#601099
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin greeted upon their arrival in Leningrad.16.05.1965#581385
Soviet physicist and Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences Andrei Sakharov [1921-1989].16.05.1989#522966
The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner, Norway's Alexander Rybak (center), performing at the contest final at Moscow's Olimpiisky Sports Complex.16.05.2009#395081
From left: Soyuz TMA 15 crew setting off to the International Space Station on a six-month expedition May 27th astronaut of the Canadian Space Agency Robert Thirsk, Russian astronaut Roman Romanenko, astronaut of the European Space Agency Belgian Frank de Winne trying on space suits during their training in the Russian cosmodrome Baikonur.16.05.2009#394771
Nikolai Ozerov, one of the best-known Russian sports commentators, sitting in the center, during a soccer match between the Moscow mayor's office and the city council16.05.1996#312692
May 1925. Workers of the Kolomna steam locomotive plant presenting first Soviet-made steam locomotive to delegates of the Third Congress of Soviets [Councils]. 16.05.1925#172092
Reburial ceremony of Aleksey Bryantsev, Red Army officer killed near Tallinn in September 1944. The remains of a Red Army officer were buried in the grave in the central Tallinn but the Estonian government has recently relocated the Bronze Soldier memorial. The relatives of Aleksey Bryantsev decided to return the remains to Russia. 16.05.2007#157209
The Vladimir Loktev children's choir on stage, 1958. Initially affiliated to the Moscow-based Art Education Research Institute, it is now a song-and-dance company of the Moscow children's amateur art center. Professor Vladislav Sokolov (1908-1993), choir founder and artistic director, conducting.16.05.1958#152478
Rehearsing concert on St. Petersburg's Palace Square during celebrations of the city's 300th anniversary. 16.05.2003#142115
Coating the central sculpture, ''Motherland,'' a part of the monument ''To Heroes of Stalingrad Battle'' on Mamayev Kurgan, with a weatherproof substance .31.07.1986#133914
Picketers near the Meshchansky district court during the verdict announcement to Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. 16.05.2005#116932
Left to right, Presidents Jacques Chirac of France and Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov at the General Charles de Gaulle monument unveiling ceremony, Moscow J. Chirac, V. Putin and Y. Luzhkov at de Gaulle monument unveiling ceremony CHIRAC PUTIN LUZHKOV 16.05.2005#116768
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (second left) giving autographs to the 19th VLKSM (Young Communists Organization) congress delegates.18.05.1982#51981
Lady soldiers of the People's Militia of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam practice target shooting. 16.05.1965#44742
Soviet national football team captain Igor Netto (left) leads his team for the march against Austria.16.05.1965#38052
