41 photographs
inTurning points
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Duma, Moscov
1989, USSRCrowd of faithful during visit of Pope John Paul II
1979, PolandPope John Paul II in Warsaw's Old Town
1979, Poland40th Anniversary of the GDR. Military parade in East Berlin
1989, East GermanyPope John Paul II at Jasna Góra
1979, PolandPrayers after assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, Cracow
1981, PolandLech Walesa arriving for registration of Solidarity trade union, Warsaw
1980, PolandPreparations before the start of the First Solidarity Convention in Oliwa
1981, PolandPope John Paul II in Gdańsk. The crowd at the Zaspa housing estate
1987, PolandBoris Yeltsin during election rally, Moscow
1989, USSRWarsaw, Solidarity supporters, martial law
1982, PolandJohn Paul II leaving Warsaw
1979, PolandEnd of strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandBoris Yeltsin, Moscow
1989, USSRVáclav Havel, Czech dissident, later to become President
1987, CzechoslovakiaListening to a Boris Yeltsin election campaign speech
1989, USSRGrzegorz Przemyk's (murdered by militia) funeral, Powązki, Warsaw
1983, PolandLech Wałęsa, at the end of the strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandSolidarity's march in Warsaw on 1st of May, martial law
1982, PolandStrike in Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, August
1980, Poland"Solidarity" information desk
1981, PolandWałęsa surounded by foreign (Western) press
1981, PolandMartial law, Warsaw
1982, PolandBoris Yeltsin, Moscow
1989, USSR