The End of the Soviet Union Video

Communists on October Square (1991)

Description: What a Holiday!

Events of 7 November 1991 in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Meeting of diehard Communists on October Square.

Leningrad Back to St. Petersburg (1991)

Description: What a Holiday!

November 7, 1991 in St. Petersburg. The ceremony changing the name of Leningrad back to St. Petersburg.

Prayers on Lubianka (1991)

Description: What a Holiday!

November 7, 1991 in Moscow. Prayers on Lubianka Square, Moscow (location of KGB Headquarters) for the victims of Stalinist repressions. Priests pray, people carry candles, men cross themselves.