Comlist: Moscow Consolidated 6 Nov 90

This document, dated November 6, 1990, serves as a consolidated report on the preparations and events surrounding the 73rd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (GOSR). The text outlines various media reports and activities occurring in the Soviet Union, specifically focusing on events in Moscow. A primary event described is the gala session held at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, which featured addresses by Soviet leaders including Gorbachev, Laptev, and Ryzhkov, with Yeltsin also noted as being present. The report details the proceedings of this session, including speeches by Lukyanov, Simonov, and Antonova. Further reports cover a meeting between Gorbachev and foreign ambassadors at the Grand Kremlin Palace, as well as a ceremony for the presentation of state decorations. The document also notes a report by Gennadiy Gavrilenko regarding preparations in various Soviet cities, including Leningrad and Riga, and mentions comments from Patriarch Aleksey of Moscow and All Russia. Finally, the document highlights preparations for three distinct demonstrations scheduled for November 7 in Moscow: an official event in Red Square, a demonstration organized by Democratic Russia, and a third organized by a group of radically-minded people's deputies.