Third All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers (1959)

Delegates to the Third All-Union Congress of USSR Writers applaud in the hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Khrushchev N.S. speaks from the rostrum with a greeting to the congress on May 18, 1959 (synchronously), views of the congress meeting hall, delegates applaud.

One of the congress delegates reads from the rostrum the text of the greeting of Soviet writers to the CPSU Central Committee (above).

Congress delegates stand up, applaud, panorama of the hall.

Congress delegates during a reception in the St.

George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, organized by the Board of the Union of Soviet Writers on May 23, 1959. A representative of one of the African countries shakes and talks with Khrushchev, shakes his hand.

Member of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee N.G. Ignatov talks with one of the delegates.

USSR Minister of Culture E.A. Furtseva. talks to congress delegates during a reception.

Khrushchev and Marshal of the Soviet Union, USSR Defense Minister R. Ya.

Malinovsky during conversations with congress delegates.

View of the St.

George Hall during a ceremonial reception.

Khrushchev N. S. talks to poet A. T. Tvardovsky.

Typographic text on the spread of one of the books, against the background of the text are the faces of workers of various specialties, scientists, builders, teachers during lessons at school (combined photography).

Speech by one of the congress participants from the rostrum in the Kremlin.

Tvardovsky A. T. speaks from the rostrum at a regular meeting of the Third All-Union Congress of USSR Writers.

View of the congress meeting hall.

Khrushchev N. S., Mikoyan A. I., Suslov M. A., Ignatov N. G., Kirichenko A. I., Brezhnev L. I., Furtseva E. A. in the presidium during the session of the congress.

Writer Tikhonov N.S. reads from the podium the greeting of the congress to the Central Committee of the CPSU.