RIA Novosti presents its thematic collection of the most interesting pictures taken by the agency’s photographers throughout 2010 RIA Novosti Photo Gallery: People.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the mediabankPatriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during a service on Victory Square in Yuzhny Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during a service on Victory Square in Yuzhny Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankPresident Ilkham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and his wife, Mekhriban, outside the Gyanjlik residence, waiting to greet the President and the First Lady of Russia

President Ilkham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and his wife, Mekhriban, outside the Gyanjlik residence, waiting to greet the President and the First Lady of Russia
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin following the route of the Russian-German research expedition Lena 2010, on the Samoilovsky Island. August 23, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin following the route of the Russian-German research expedition Lena 2010, on the Samoilovsky Island. August 23, 2010

Muscovites dancing on the riverfront
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankInternationally renowned Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov giving a workshop

Internationally renowned Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov giving a workshop
© RIA Novosti . Iliya Varlamov / Go to the mediabankA Hassid pilgrim during Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) festivities in the Ukrainian town of Uman

A Hassid pilgrim during Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) festivities in the Ukrainian town of Uman
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankDesigner Sergei Orlov presenting his “Sarcophagus Anti-Ziggurat” composition at the contemporary landscape architecture festival, Archstoyanie 2010, held on the Ugra River, in Central Russia.

Designer Sergei Orlov presenting his “Sarcophagus Anti-Ziggurat” composition at the contemporary landscape architecture festival, Archstoyanie 2010, held on the Ugra River, in Central Russia.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankService personnel of the Russian Interior Ministry reconnaissance units taking qualifying tests

Service personnel of the Russian Interior Ministry reconnaissance units taking qualifying tests
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Vilf / Go to the mediabankA young fan watching a Women’s World Cup 2011 qualifier between Russia and Switzerland

A young fan watching a Women’s World Cup 2011 qualifier between Russia and Switzerland
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankPreview of the Art Moscow contemporary art fair

Preview of the Art Moscow contemporary art fair