Black October Revisited
Alfa officers preparing to enter the shelled-out House of Soviets to start negotiations with anti-Kremlin activists on Oct. 4.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Anti-Kremlin demonstrators raising barricades Oct. 2 on Smolenskaya Ploshchad.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
OMON riot police blocking Smolenskaya Ploshchad during the standoff on Oct. 2.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Parliamentary members, left, and government officials meeting for negotiations overseen by Orthodox leaders on Oct. 1.
Igor Tabakov / MT
Retired General Albert Makashov, gesturing, leads a crowd in storming Ostankino on Oct. 3.
Yevgeny Stetsko / MT
A sniper standing near the House of Soviets after it was surrounded by pro-Yeltsin troops.
Igor Tabakov / MT
A wounded man being carried away on a stretcher near the House of Soviets on Oct. 3.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Moscow Times photographer Vladimir Filonov ducking to avoid sniper fire as he takes pictures from a hotel window opposite the House of Soviets on Oct. 3.
Igor Tabakov / MT
A group of commandos from the Alfa elite special forces setting their sights on the House of Soviets on Oct. 4.
Igor Tabakov / MT
People crouching at the House of Soviets on Oct. 4.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Service personnel being evacuated Oct. 3 from the House of Soviets, now the White House.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
An anti-Kremlin activist surrendering to pro-Yeltsin troops at the House of Soviets on Oct. 4.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
People leaving the House of Soviets after it was surrounded by Yeltsin's forces on Oct. 4.
Vladimir Filonov / MT