Leaders of the Country of Soviets (1935-1946)

View of Red Square on June 6, 1946, during the passage of troops to pay their last respects to M.I. Kalinin (top), Zhdanov A.A., Kosygin A.N., Bulganin N.I., Stalin I.V., Tito I.B., Molotov V.M. on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Portrait of Kalinin in a mourning frame in the hands of participants in the funeral meeting on Red Square.

Troops pass in front of the mausoleum (top).

Stalin on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Stalin, Tito and Molotov on the rostrum of the mausoleum during the passage of troops across Red Square.

Troops pass in front of the mausoleum.

Mikoyan A.I., Voznesensky N.A., Zhdanov A.A. on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

The USSR naval ensign flutters.

Tito and his entourage board a ship before the start of the journey along the Volga-Moscow Canal.

Tito's face.

Tito and his entourage on the deck of a ship (top).

Tito and members of the Yugoslav delegation inspect the canal structures from the deck of a moving ship.

Crews of warships in parade formation on decks on Navy Day, an admiral greets sailors from a boat.

Presentation of a bouquet of flowers to an elderly woman.

A camel caravan sets off in the Kara-Kum Desert.

Faces of rally participants in Tula.

Zhdanov, Voznesensky, Mikoyan, and A.A. Andreyev on the mausoleum tribune on the day of Kalinin's funeral, June 6, 1946. Tito and members of the Yugoslav delegation sit in armchairs on the deck of a ship during a trip along the Volga-Moscow Canal.

Molotov in the Kremlin during a meeting with members of the French delegation.

Performances by participants in the physical education parade on Red Square, crowd scenes.

Children with bouquets of flowers head to the mausoleum.

Beria L.P., Malenkov G.M. on the mausoleum tribune.

View of Red Square during the funeral rally on the day of Kalinin's funeral.

Chairman of the Moscow City Council Executive Committee Popov G.M. delivers a speech from the mausoleum tribune on the day of Kalinin's funeral, Malenkov stands nearby.

First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Popkov P.S. delivers a speech from the mausoleum tribune.

Chairman of the Kalinin Regional Executive Committee Simonov A.V. delivers a speech from the mausoleum tribune, alternating with views of the funeral rally.

Stalin, Kosygin, Molotov, Malenkov, Kaganovich descend from the mausoleum tribune at the end of the funeral rally.

Faces of the funeral rally participants.

Stalin and Kosygin walk to the coffin with Kalinin's body.

Participants of the funeral rally with a portrait of Kalinin.

Stalin, Molotov, Beria, Malenkov, and Kosygin carry the coffin with Kalinin's body to the grave near the Kremlin wall.

Carrying the coffin along the wall of the mausoleum.

Participants in the meeting honoring veterans of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Tito and members of the Yugoslav delegation on Red Square on the day of Kalinin's funeral.

The leaders of the party and state ascend the mausoleum tribune.

A view of part of the funeral meeting.

A view of the University building in Tartu.

Students going to classes.

An electric samovar designed by Kazansky, tested on May 9, 1945. An interior view of part of the Column Hall of the House of Unions during the farewell to Kalinin in June 1946. Kalinin in the coffin.

Stalin in the honor guard at the coffin.

Malenkov, Beria, Molotov, Kaganovich, Zhdanov, Mikoyan, Andreyev, and Voznesensky in the honor guard at Kalinin's coffin.

The face of an elderly woman standing in the guard of honor.

Kalinin in the coffin.

The faces of the members of the mourning delegations passing by the coffin and standing in the guard of honor.

Tito and the members of the Yugoslav delegation stand in the guard of honor at Kalinin's coffin.

Tito's face.

Kalinin in the coffin.

The interior view of part of the Hall of Columns during the passage of the mourning delegations (from above).

Kalinin's relatives at the coffin.

Stalin, Malenkov, Beria stand in the last guard of honor.

Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich, Mikoyan stand in the last guard of honor.

The face of Shvernik N.M. Zhdanov and Andreyev stand in the guard of honor.

The faces of Voznesensky, Bulganin.

Stalin during his visit to the construction of the Moscow-Volga Canal.

A statue of Stalin on the bank of the canal.

A portrait of Stalin with Gela Markizova in his arms as a panel on the wall of the building.

View of part of the rally on Palace Square in Petrograd on July 19, 1920 in honor of the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, the face of Stalin speaking from the rostrum (alternation).

Stalin, Molotov, Kalinin on the rostrum of the mausoleum during the celebration of the next anniversary of the October Revolution in 1935-1936. Panorama of part of the rally on Palace Square on July 19, 1920. View of the hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace during Stalin's meeting with the wives of the command staff of the Red Army in 1936. Applauding women, Stalin shaking hands with one of the meeting participants.

Presentation of gifts to Stalin from the wives of the command staff, Ordzhonikidze G.K. and Molotov V.M. are standing nearby.

Faces of the meeting participants.

Ordzhonikidze accepts a soft toy as a gift.

Applauding meeting participants.

Stasova E.D. applauds, standing on the presidium.

Stalin, Voroshilov and Khrushchev applaud while standing on the presidium.

Children throw flowers at the presidium from the rostrum.

Participants in the meeting throw flowers from the audience.

Stalin on the rostrum.

Voroshilov, Kaganovich and S. M. Budyonny applaud while standing on the presidium.

Bulganin is among the participants in the event.

Stalin speaks from the rostrum, with S. V. Kosior and Ya. E. Rudzutak sitting behind him on the presidium.

Budyonny and Kaganovich applaud.

Delegates applaud while standing in the hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Faces of the stratospheric balloon crew members of the Osoaviakhim-1 stratospheric balloon before takeoff in Kuntsevo on January 30, 1934. The takeoff of the stratospheric balloon.

The cameraman films.

The stratospheric balloon rises into the sky.

An entry in the stratospheric balloon’s logbook. K. B. Radek delivers a speech while standing in front of the microphone.

Stalin signs a photograph of Mamlakat Nakhangova during a meeting with collective farm shock workers in the Kremlin in December 1935 Yagoda G.G., Kalinin M.I., Stalin I.V., Mikoyan A.I., Dimitrov G.M. walk along the territory of the Kremlin to Red Square before the start of the physical culture parade in 1935-1936. Yagoda, Khrushchev, Stalin, Dimitrov, Kosior on the tribune of the mausoleum.

A column of women with children in their arms passes along Red Square.

The children participating in the parade greet Stalin, Stalin and Dimitrov respond to the greetings.

Molotov's face.

The fences of the boxing rings are carried along Red Square, fights inside the fences in motion.

A view of a night ceremonial rally, portraits of Stalin and Molotov in the hands of the rally participants.

Installation of a large-sized rotor in a factory workshop.

Stalin at a polling station on December 12, 1937, during the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. List of voters.

Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, and Yezhov approach the table for ballots.

Voting at a polling station, Stalin and his entourage disperse to the voting booths.

Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, and Yezhov drop ballots into the ballot box.

Night demonstration in honor of the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. View of the mausoleum.

Stalin's face in an ear-flapped hat.

Voroshilov, Molotov, and Khrushchev greet the demonstration participants from the mausoleum rostrum.

The demonstration participants walk past the mausoleum, carrying portraits of the leaders of the party and state, and banners with slogans.

Petrovsky G.I. greets the demonstration participants from the mausoleum rostrum.

Faces of the demonstration participants.

View of one of the demonstration columns.

Arrival of Stalin, Voroshilov, Molotov at the air parade in Tushino in 1936-1937. Molotov, Stalin, Kalinin among the participants of the air parade in the early 1930s.