USSR in the early 1960s (1961-1962)

A LAZ passenger bus travels along a city street.

A view of an industrial enterprise.

A glass display window of a store in Moscow before the New Year.

Views of Moscow streets on the eve of the New Year holiday.

A view of part of Leninsky Prospekt (above).

The Crystal restaurant on Leninsky Prospekt.

A view of the Moscow State University building on the Lenin Hills in the evening.

Silhouettes of cafe visitors behind the curtains.

A view of part of the center of Moscow in the evening (above).

The clock on the Spasskaya Tower shows 23.55. Silhouettes of people outside the window of a Moscow apartment.

Khrushchev N.S. speaks from the rostrum at the 22nd Congress of the CPSU in October 1961, with Kozlov F.R., Kosygin A.N., Furtseva E.A., Kuusinen O.V., and Ignatov N.G. sitting in the presidium behind him.

Khrushchev delivering a speech on agriculture from the rostrum (synchronously), with Shvernik N.M., Podgorny N.V., Voronov G.I., Voroshilov K.E., Kunayev D.A. sitting in the presidium behind him.

Khrushchev’s speech is interrupted by applause from the presidium members.

View of the sea bay in summer (above), people swimming in the sea.

Faces of vacationers.

View of the wall of a new building made of concrete and glass.

Women trying on fur coats in a store.

Demonstration of clothing models for the autumn-winter season.

Demonstration of beachwear and children’s clothing models.

Demonstration of workwear models for workers in various industries.

Panorama of a workshop at a new weaving factory in Moscow, the production process.

The face of a high-altitude welder.

Conducting a scientific experiment in the field of nuclear physics in a laboratory in Dubna.

One of the scientists enters the laboratory, the hermetic doors close behind him.

Interior view of the laboratory during another experiment (above).

Academician Landau L.D. reads a book, standing by the bookshelves.

Khrushchev, Suslov M.A., Kosygin and members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee meet cosmonaut Nikolaev A.G. at Vnukovo airport in September 1962, Nikolaev embraces his relatives.

Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Kozlov, Suslov and Kosygin stand on the platform in front of the microphone during the ceremonial meeting of cosmonaut Nikolaev at Vnukovo airport, Brezhnev wipes his eyes with a handkerchief.

Nikolaev embraces his relatives.