Opening of the Moscow City House of Pioneers (1936)

Red banners over columns of pioneers marching to the opening ceremony of the Moscow City House of Pioneers on June 29, 1936. First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Khrushchev N.S. walks in a column of pioneers (blurred image).

A banner with the inscription "Our House is Open" on the wall of the House of Pioneers.

View of the upper part of the House of Pioneers building.

Columns of pioneers with banners march along the streets of Moscow to Stopani Lane for the ceremonial opening of the House of Pioneers.

Classes in various clubs of the new House of Pioneers, playing chess.

Pioneers inside the building near a panel depicting the leaders of the Soviet state.

Children near the indoor fountain.

View of one of the stairs of the House of Pioneers, children climbing up.

Pioneers playing a game in a chess club.

A toy giraffe.

Images of a fairy-tale cat and heroes of Krylov's fables on the wall.

Children playing with a model of a carousel and toy animals.

Pioneers at a working model railroad.

Children try on animal masks.

A toy carousel rotates.

A memorial plaque with an inscription about a gift to pioneers from the Samotochka plant.

A pioneer at a machine tool.

A pioneer plays with a model railroad.

A machine tool in the workshop of the House of Pioneers.

Pioneers examine a working model of the Moscow metro.

A young traffic controller signals with his hands on the site of the Palace of Pioneers.

Toy electric locomotives pass by.

A lesson on traffic rules, children on bicycles and pedal cars fulfill the requirements of the traffic controller.

Participants in a carnival parade in costumes of various animals pass by.

Faces of pioneers walking with bouquets of flowers in their hands.