Vice president Alexander Rutskoi, in the White House (Russian Parliament building) during a mutiny against the Kremlin in 1993.
An elderly man sits in front of a burning barricade during the putsch of the Supreme Council of Russia.
Funerals of the people killed during the 1993 armed stand-off between President Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Council (federal legislature)
Siege of the 'White House' (Russian Supreme Council headquarters) during the the October 1993 armed stand-off between President Boris Yeltsin and the-then federal parliament.
Officers of the elite Russian special operations group 'Alfa' approach the 'White House' (headquarters of the Supreme Council) for negotiations during the October 1993 armed stand-off between President Yeltsin and Russian Parliament.
A wounded person is rushed to the medical assistance post during the October 1993 armed stand-off between President Yeltsin and Russian Parliament.
A group of soldiers seeks shelter behind an armoured vehicle during the October 1993 armed stand-off between President Yeltsin and Russian Parliament.
Lawmakers of the Russian Supreme Coucil (official name of parliament before 1993) watch the pro-presidential military surrounding the 'White House' - the legislature headquarters - during the October 1993 stand-off between President Yeltsin and the Council.
Russian forces loyal to President Boris Yeltsin storm the Supreme Council (parliament under the then Russian Constitution) in October 1993, during the stand-off between the President and the Council.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
October 1993 coup. Russian Government House siege.
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.