Pioneers of the Soviet Union (1926-1936)

Buglers give the signal to begin the All-Union Pioneer Conference in the hall of the Revolution Theatre in Moscow in December 1926. Pioneers standing in the hall give a salute.

Panorama of the conference presidium.

British trade unionist, General Secretary of the English Miners' Union Cook speaks to the pioneers.

The pioneers applaud after Cook's speech.

Cook shows off the pioneer tie that was given to him from the stage.

Faces of the applauding pioneers.

Cook ties the pioneer tie around his neck.

The conference participants vote by raising their mandates for the candidacies of delegates to the All-German Congress of Young Spartacists.

The pioneers - delegates elected at the conference to travel to Germany - Shnyrev, Moshkov, Prokopyuk and Zorin.

The conference participants in the gallery.

Poster for the play "The Servant of Two Masters".

View of the Putilov Factory club, converted from a church building.

View of the Shukhov Tower in Moscow.

Entrance to the building of the Comintern radio station.

Panorama of the Shukhov Tower (top to bottom).

Sculptures of Stalin and pioneers playing ball in the park near the newly opened Moscow House of Pioneers in Stopani Lane.

First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Khrushchev N.S. and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council Bulganin N.A. holding bouquets of flowers during the ceremonial opening of the Moscow House of Pioneers on June 29, 1936. A red flag flutters on the flagpole.

Opening of the doors of the House of Pioneers.

Interiors of the House of Pioneers, wall panels and decorations.

Interiors of the chess club and games room.

View of the assembly hall of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers during the ceremonial event in honor of its opening.

Khrushchev, Bulganin and members of the presidium of the meeting applaud while standing on the stage.

Applauding pioneers.

Sign of the Central Children's Theater.

Khrushchev among children in the theater foyer.

Children in the theater buffet.

Columns of school athletes at the All-Union Parade of Athletes on Red Square.

Stalin I.V., Dimitrov G.M. greet the parade participants from the mausoleum tribune.

A schoolboy in a fake flower waves to Stalin.

Molotov V.M., Khrushchev, Dimitrov, Stalin, Kosior S.V. greet the parade participants from the mausoleum tribune.

Girls with children in their arms pass by.

Young Pioneers greet the leaders of the Soviet state from a moving model with a portrait of Stalin, the faces of Khrushchev and Stalin.

Young Pioneers with bouquets of flowers in their hands walk to the mausoleum.

Young Pioneers give flowers to the leaders of the party and the state.

Stalin and Dimitrov on the mausoleum tribune with children.

Molotov and Mikoyan A.I. on the mausoleum tribune among the Young Pioneers.

Columns of Young Pioneers with banners in honor of Stalin pass along Red Square.