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19. Capital of Soviet Armenia. A scene from the first act of Arshak the Second,a historical opera presented on the stage of the Spendiarov Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan. This opera was one of several new productions dedicated to the 25th…

19. Capital of Soviet Armenia. A scene from the first act of Arshak the Second,a historical opera presented on the stage of the Spendiarov Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan. This opera was one of several new productions dedicated to the 25th…

2. Capital of Soviet Armenia. A statue of V. I. Lenin on Lenin Square in the center of Yerevan. Parades and demonstrations take place on this square which was formerly wasteland.

2. Capital of Soviet Armenia. A statue of V. I. Lenin on Lenin Square in the center of Yerevan. Parades and demonstrations take place on this square which was formerly wasteland.

Fountains on Shaumyan Square in Yerevan, the capital of the Armenian Soviet Republic

Fountains on Shaumyan Square in Yerevan, the capital of the Armenian Soviet Republic

June, 1945. The Deputy Catholikos of All Armenians, Arch-Bishop Georg Cheorekchyan, at the Council of the Armenian church in Erevan.

June, 1945. The Deputy Catholikos of All Armenians, Arch-Bishop Georg Cheorekchyan, at the Council of the Armenian church in Erevan.

The Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan/ Modern housing in Uzbekistan follows both the ancient traditions and the more up-to-date architectural trends. The University of Law in Tashkent, shown in this photo, reflects the influences of both the old and the…

The Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan/ Modern housing in Uzbekistan follows both the ancient traditions and the more up-to-date architectural trends. The University of Law in Tashkent, shown in this photo, reflects the influences of both the old and the…

6. Ashkhabad State Music School. Even at school viola player Ichi Agaeva and pianist Fanya Mulaeva make an interesting team. On graduating from music school they hope to appear together on the concert stage.

6. Ashkhabad State Music School. Even at school viola player Ichi Agaeva and pianist Fanya Mulaeva make an interesting team. On graduating from music school they hope to appear together on the concert stage.

8. Caracul Sheep Breeding in Turkmenia. Lena Vlasova, zootechnician at Samsonovowith her horse Uzbechka.

8. Caracul Sheep Breeding in Turkmenia. Lena Vlasova, zootechnician at Samsonovowith her horse Uzbechka.

2. On the Fields and Pastures of Soviet Turkmenia. On the Fields and Pastures of Soviet Turkmenia/ 2. A good harvest is ripening in the fields of the Voroshilov Collective Farm, Ashkhabad District. Shown here in the barley fields are Chary Muradev,…

2. On the Fields and Pastures of Soviet Turkmenia. On the Fields and Pastures of Soviet Turkmenia/ 2. A good harvest is ripening in the fields of the Voroshilov Collective Farm, Ashkhabad District. Shown here in the barley fields are Chary Muradev,…

7. The Carpets of Turkmenistan. When you meet a rider on a spirited Akhal-Tekin horse on the roads of Turkmenia, you will invariably see his crimson saddle-bag with long fringe. The pictures one of these bags spread out.

7. The Carpets of Turkmenistan. When you meet a rider on a spirited Akhal-Tekin horse on the roads of Turkmenia, you will invariably see his crimson saddle-bag with long fringe. The pictures one of these bags spread out.

10. Turbines for the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Stations. Turbines for the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Stations/ 10. Turbines of Nazi-wrecked power stations have been sent to the Stalin Engineering Works in Leningrad for repairs. This rotor of a steam turbine…

10. Turbines for the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Stations. Turbines for the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Stations/ 10. Turbines of Nazi-wrecked power stations have been sent to the Stalin Engineering Works in Leningrad for repairs. This rotor of a steam turbine…

Tbilisi, Capital of Soviet Georgia/ 3. Soviet Georgia cherishes the memory of outstanding figures of Georgian history and culture. A monument to the memory of Shota Rust'haveli, the great Georgian poet of the XII-XIIIth Centuries, has been erected in…

Tbilisi, Capital of Soviet Georgia/ 3. Soviet Georgia cherishes the memory of outstanding figures of Georgian history and culture. A monument to the memory of Shota Rust'haveli, the great Georgian poet of the XII-XIIIth Centuries, has been erected in…

Tbilisi, Capital of Soviet Georgia/ 16. Tbilisi has many new public parks and gardens. Here is a view of the Stalin Park./ Photo by S. Friedlyand/ No. 42931

Tbilisi, Capital of Soviet Georgia/ 16. Tbilisi has many new public parks and gardens. Here is a view of the Stalin Park./ Photo by S. Friedlyand/ No. 42931

Tbilisi, Capital of Soviet Georgia/ 8. The State Art Museum in Tbilisi. Preserved here are the best works of Georgian national art./ Photo by S. Friedlyand/ No. 42932

Tbilisi, Capital of Soviet Georgia/ 8. The State Art Museum in Tbilisi. Preserved here are the best works of Georgian national art./ Photo by S. Friedlyand/ No. 42932

6. Russia's Fleets: Two of Russia's most prominent naval men are Vice Admirals Basisty and Azarov of the Black Sea Fleet here shown reviewing their units at Sebastopol./ World News Services.

6. Russia's Fleets: Two of Russia's most prominent naval men are Vice Admirals Basisty and Azarov of the Black Sea Fleet here shown reviewing their units at Sebastopol./ World News Services.

Riga Institutions of Higher Learning/ 4. Professor Y. Karklin of the Latvian State Conservatory, an Honored Worker of Art of the Latvian Republic, is shown here correcting students in their harmony exercises./ Photo by V. Ruikovich/ No. 49694

Riga Institutions of Higher Learning/ 4. Professor Y. Karklin of the Latvian State Conservatory, an Honored Worker of Art of the Latvian Republic, is shown here correcting students in their harmony exercises./ Photo by V. Ruikovich/ No. 49694

82107/ June, 1947/ Riga./ The Russian and Latvian Arts Museum in Riga./ Photo by V. Feodoseyev./ PRESS PHOTOAGENCY.

82107/ June, 1947/ Riga./ The Russian and Latvian Arts Museum in Riga./ Photo by V. Feodoseyev./ PRESS PHOTOAGENCY.

Excavations on the site of the ancient town of Olvia, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Photo shows an earthenware vessel for grain (III-II centuries B.C.) which was unearthed in 1946.

Excavations on the site of the ancient town of Olvia, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Photo shows an earthenware vessel for grain (III-II centuries B.C.) which was unearthed in 1946.

With a Camera in Odessa/ Trolleybuses are again running on Pushkin Street./ Photo by N. Kozlovsky/ No. 53537

With a Camera in Odessa/ Trolleybuses are again running on Pushkin Street./ Photo by N. Kozlovsky/ No. 53537

6. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (The Press) The Scientific Library in Odessa.

6. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (The Press) The Scientific Library in Odessa.

5. Here and There in the Soviet Union. Restoration of the electrical fixtures in the Young Pioneers' Palace in Odessa.

5. Here and There in the Soviet Union. Restoration of the electrical fixtures in the Young Pioneers' Palace in Odessa.

With a Camera in Odessa/ On the Arcadia Beach near Odessa on a hot summer day./ Photo by N. Kozlovsky/ No. 53534

With a Camera in Odessa/ On the Arcadia Beach near Odessa on a hot summer day./ Photo by N. Kozlovsky/ No. 53534

Выборы в Верховный Совет УССР 26 июня 1938 г. На сн.: На избирательном участке в родильном доме Молотовского избирательного округа г. Киева, где в депутаты Верховного Совета УССР баллотировалась кандидатура товарища Н. И. Ежова. Роженица А. П.…

Выборы в Верховный Совет УССР 26 июня 1938 г. На сн.: На избирательном участке в родильном доме Молотовского избирательного округа г. Киева, где в депутаты Верховного Совета УССР баллотировалась кандидатура товарища Н. И. Ежова. Роженица А. П.…

August 1946. The celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of the Mongolian People's Republic. Photo shows: The monument to Sukhe-Bator, the founder of the Independent Mongolian People's Republic, which was unveiled in Ulan-Bator on the…

August 1946. The celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of the Mongolian People's Republic. Photo shows: The monument to Sukhe-Bator, the founder of the Independent Mongolian People's Republic, which was unveiled in Ulan-Bator on the…

The growth of culture in the Mongolian People's Republic. / This country which but 2 decades ago had hundreds of monasteries and only one school, now numbers some 600 elementary and over 50 secondary schools, as well as technical and higher schools.…

The growth of culture in the Mongolian People's Republic. / This country which but 2 decades ago had hundreds of monasteries and only one school, now numbers some 600 elementary and over 50 secondary schools, as well as technical and higher schools.…

253. Кишинев. В парке имени А. С. Пушкина. // [Chisinau. In the park named after A.S. Pushkin.]

253. Кишинев. В парке имени А. С. Пушкина. // [Chisinau. In the park named after A.S. Pushkin.]

270. Молдавия. Совхоз Гратиешти. Работница Мария Христця. // [Moldova. Gratieshti collective farm. Worker Mariia Khristtsiia.]

270. Молдавия. Совхоз Гратиешти. Работница Мария Христця. // [Moldova. Gratieshti collective farm. Worker Mariia Khristtsiia.]

In the Art Museum of the Moldavian Republic in Kishinev. / Visitors inspect samples of folk art.

In the Art Museum of the Moldavian Republic in Kishinev. / Visitors inspect samples of folk art.

June, 1947. The Shevchenko Opera House in Kiev.

June, 1947. The Shevchenko Opera House in Kiev.

Here and There in the Soviet Union. Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR, is among the cities of the USSR which suffered the greatest damage from the invasion of the Hitlerite hordes. The invaders reduced whole blocks of the city to ruins,…

Here and There in the Soviet Union. Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR, is among the cities of the USSR which suffered the greatest damage from the invasion of the Hitlerite hordes. The invaders reduced whole blocks of the city to ruins,…

10. Here and There in the Soviet Union. During a football match at the Kiev Dynamo Stadium between the local Dynamo team and Krylya Sovetov of Moscow. The Moscovites won the game, 2:0.

10. Here and There in the Soviet Union. During a football match at the Kiev Dynamo Stadium between the local Dynamo team and Krylya Sovetov of Moscow. The Moscovites won the game, 2:0.

8. Here and There in the Soviet Union. Looking down Shevchenko Boulevard, one of the main thoroughfares of Kiev.

8. Here and There in the Soviet Union. Looking down Shevchenko Boulevard, one of the main thoroughfares of Kiev.

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Korea was under the sway of the Japanese for over 40 years. Two years ago Soviet Army troops fought their way into Northern Korea and liberated her people. Since then democratic…

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Korea was under the sway of the Japanese for over 40 years. Two years ago Soviet Army troops fought their way into Northern Korea and liberated her people. Since then democratic…

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Photo shows: Korean girl students of the People's University. For the first time in the history of Korea her women have been given an opportunity to study at higher levels in…

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Photo shows: Korean girl students of the People's University. For the first time in the history of Korea her women have been given an opportunity to study at higher levels in…

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Photo shows: A Soviet hospital in Chinnampo. Korean people now enjoy skilled medical aid, well-equipped government hospitals function in towns. A medical department has been set up…

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Photo shows: A Soviet hospital in Chinnampo. Korean people now enjoy skilled medical aid, well-equipped government hospitals function in towns. A medical department has been set up…

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Photo shows: School-girls dancing in a square of Phyongyang on the day of the elections to the Provisional People's Committee of Northern Korea.

Northern Korea. Please Credit WORLD NEWS SERVICES/ Northern Korea./ Photo shows: School-girls dancing in a square of Phyongyang on the day of the elections to the Provisional People's Committee of Northern Korea.

277. Сбор чайного листа в грузинском колхозе. // [Harvesting of tea leaves at a collective farm in Georgia.]

277. Сбор чайного листа в грузинском колхозе. // [Harvesting of tea leaves at a collective farm in Georgia.]

2. The Art Museum of the Esthonian SSR. The Art Museum was organised in 1919, but for a long time its work was confined to the preservation of a small number of exhibits brought together accidentally. It was only in 1940, after Esthonia had entered…

2. The Art Museum of the Esthonian SSR. The Art Museum was organised in 1919, but for a long time its work was confined to the preservation of a small number of exhibits brought together accidentally. It was only in 1940, after Esthonia had entered…

1. 25th Anniversary of the Donets Industrial Institute. The main building of the Donets Industrial Institute in Stalino, capital of Donbas.

1. 25th Anniversary of the Donets Industrial Institute. The main building of the Donets Industrial Institute in Stalino, capital of Donbas.

May, 1947. Kramatorsk. The Donets Coal Basin Today. Photo shows: The Pushkin Theatre of the Stalin Engineering Plant, in Novo-Kramatorsk.

May, 1947. Kramatorsk. The Donets Coal Basin Today. Photo shows: The Pushkin Theatre of the Stalin Engineering Plant, in Novo-Kramatorsk.

11. Baku, Capital of Soviet Azerbaijan. A view of the bay from the Fortress.Kyz-kala(Maiden Tower) is seen on the left and the minaret of the Mosque of Synyk-kale on the right. The latter bears an inscription carved out in 1077.

11. Baku, Capital of Soviet Azerbaijan. A view of the bay from the Fortress.Kyz-kala(Maiden Tower) is seen on the left and the minaret of the Mosque of Synyk-kale on the right. The latter bears an inscription carved out in 1077.

19. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (Science) In Soviet times some 380,000 lines of the Kirghiz folk epic, Manas, have been recorded. Before the revolution these poetic tales were preserved only in the memories of the…

19. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (Science) In Soviet times some 380,000 lines of the Kirghiz folk epic, Manas, have been recorded. Before the revolution these poetic tales were preserved only in the memories of the…

November, 1945. Kiirghizian Soviet Socialist Republic. Laboratory of the Institute of Chemistry of the Kirghizian branch of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. Right: Professor of Chemistry Krestinskaya and post-graduate Gulsim Aimukhamedova…

November, 1945. Kiirghizian Soviet Socialist Republic. Laboratory of the Institute of Chemistry of the Kirghizian branch of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. Right: Professor of Chemistry Krestinskaya and post-graduate Gulsim Aimukhamedova…

Russia Rebuilds Her Power Plants: Though it is taking time Russia is steadily rebuilding her ruined power plants in the industrial Donets Basin which yields coal and iron. Photo shows the reconstruction of the Kurachkin Power Plant.

Russia Rebuilds Her Power Plants: Though it is taking time Russia is steadily rebuilding her ruined power plants in the industrial Donets Basin which yields coal and iron. Photo shows the reconstruction of the Kurachkin Power Plant.

14. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (Science) The headquarters of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Kiev.

14. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (Science) The headquarters of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Kiev.

Women of the Mountains by L. Khvat/ 8. Geography class at the Frunze Pedagogical School. In the foreground -- second year student Sakish Dzhusopova./ Photo by M. Savin

Women of the Mountains by L. Khvat/ 8. Geography class at the Frunze Pedagogical School. In the foreground -- second year student Sakish Dzhusopova./ Photo by M. Savin

16. Uzbekistan -- Land of White Gold. Uzbekistan -- Land of White Gold/ 16. The textile industry has developed on a large scale in Uzbekistan. Textile mills have been built in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, during the years of Soviet rule. The Tashkent…

16. Uzbekistan -- Land of White Gold. Uzbekistan -- Land of White Gold/ 16. The textile industry has developed on a large scale in Uzbekistan. Textile mills have been built in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, during the years of Soviet rule. The Tashkent…

Here and There in the Soviet Union. Baku. Geologist Sadykh Jafarov is shown here examining a survey map together with his assistant, Valentina Sozina, a participant in geological surveying expeditions. Jafarov recently shared a Stalin Prize with…

Here and There in the Soviet Union. Baku. Geologist Sadykh Jafarov is shown here examining a survey map together with his assistant, Valentina Sozina, a participant in geological surveying expeditions. Jafarov recently shared a Stalin Prize with…

9. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (The Press) The House of Culture built in Stalinsk, Siberia, for workers and engineers of the Kuznetsk Iron and Steel Mills, has a large library and reading room.

9. 29th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (The Press) The House of Culture built in Stalinsk, Siberia, for workers and engineers of the Kuznetsk Iron and Steel Mills, has a large library and reading room.

2. Artek. The children live in summer cottages and tents, spread out along the shore of the Black Sea. The rooms and halls in the cottages are bright and cozy.

2. Artek. The children live in summer cottages and tents, spread out along the shore of the Black Sea. The rooms and halls in the cottages are bright and cozy.