41 photographs
inTurning points
Boris Yeltsin during election rally, Moscow
1989, USSRCrowd of faithful during visit of Pope John Paul II
1979, PolandBoris Yeltsin, Moscow
1989, USSREnd of strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandPrayers after assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, Cracow
1981, PolandLech Walesa arriving for registration of Solidarity trade union, Warsaw
1980, PolandPope John Paul II at Jasna Góra
1979, PolandPreparations before the start of the First Solidarity Convention in Oliwa
1981, PolandWarsaw, Solidarity supporters, martial law
1982, PolandPope John Paul II in Gdańsk. The crowd at the Zaspa housing estate
1987, PolandListening to a Boris Yeltsin election campaign speech
1989, USSRJohn Paul II leaving Warsaw
1979, PolandSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Duma, Moscov
1989, USSRPope John Paul II in Warsaw's Old Town
1979, Poland40th Anniversary of the GDR. Military parade in East Berlin
1989, East GermanyVáclav Havel, Czech dissident, later to become President
1987, CzechoslovakiaKarol Wojtyła is the new Pope, Cracow
1978, PolandWałęsa surounded by foreign (Western) press
1981, PolandFuneral of Cardinal Wyszynski in Warsaw's Old Town
1981, PolandPreparing for the arrival of the Pope in the south of the country
1979, PolandMartial law, Warsaw
1982, PolandLech Wałęsa, at the end of the strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk
1980, PolandFather Jerzy Popiełuszko's funeral. The priest was murdered by secret police
1984, PolandLech Wałęsa, arriving at court for the registration of Solidarity
1980, Poland