Arrival of the participants of the Yalta Conference (1945)

Diplomats at the airfield awaiting Churchill's arrival in Yalta for a conference on February 3, 1945. Churchill exits the plane and walks down the steps.

A military brass band marches ceremonially along the airfield.

The honor guard company marches in ceremonial formation along the airfield.

The personnel of the honor guard company perform turns on the spot at the command of the officer, aligning with the right flank.

The honor guard company at the airfield before the ceremony of welcoming guests.

Churchill greets the British military after exiting the plane.

Churchill and Molotov V.M. among Soviet diplomats during a meeting at the airfield.

Churchill and Molotov talk to each other near the plane.

Churchill, Molotov Vyshinsky A.Ya. and those accompanying them walk along the airfield.

Female members of the US delegation stand near the plane.

Molotov talking with US President Roosevelt, who has arrived in Yalta, near the plane.

Molotov, Churchill and their entourage walk next to the jeep in which Roosevelt is sitting, talking as they go.

Arrival of the cars of the Soviet delegation to the entrance to the Livadia Palace on February 3, 1945. Stalin I.V., Molotov V.M. and their entourage enter the palace.

A security officer at the entrance to the palace.

Arrival of British Foreign Secretary Eden.

Churchill gets out of the car and walks with Eden inside the palace past the security officers.

Arrival of members of the American delegation at the palace.

Arrival of Stalin and members of the Soviet delegation at the Livadia Palace.

Telegraph operators of the Allied communications center at work, transmitting messages about the beginning of the Yalta Conference.

Fingers on the keyboard.

Registration of incoming telegrams at the foreign press communications center on February 2, 1945. An American serviceman types a text on a typewriter.

The process of printing copies of a text.

Repairing typewriters and transmitting communication equipment by American military technicians.

The face of an American communications officer.

A sign on the door of an American communications center.

Views of the Livadia Palace before the start of the Yalta Conference, military personnel and guards at the entrance to the palace.

Bas-relief with Soviet symbols.

A corner of a wall with peeling paint.

Panorama of the carved decorations of the upper part of the palace facade.

Crimean landscape in the vicinity of the Livadia Palace.

Panorama of the seashore in the Yalta area, view of Yalta.

Cars drive up to the entrance to the palace, Stalin and Molotov get out of the cars and walk inside the palace.

The cars stop before reaching the entrance to the palace, military members of the Soviet delegation get out of them.

Arrival of I. V. Stalin and V. M. Molotov at the Livadia Palace to take part in the Yalta Conference on February 3, 1945. Security officers and adjutants walk to the entrance to the palace.

A security officer at his post, armed with a PPSh submachine gun.

Stalin, Molotov and members of the Soviet delegation walk into the conference hall on February 4, 1945. American female servicemen with Roosevelt’s wife Eleanor inside the Livadia Palace.

Eleanor Roosevelt and her entourage walk along the palace grounds.

View of part of the Livadia Palace building, cars driving away and driving up.

Departure of the cars of the Soviet and American delegations.

Churchill’s departure at the end of the first day of the Yalta Conference.

View of the conference hall of the Yalta Conference on February 10, 1945. Members of the Soviet delegation are conferring in the corridors, among them is A. Ya.

Churchill enters the palace.

Churchill takes off his uniform coat, behind Churchill is Eden E. Members of the American delegation and Eleanor Roosevelt in one of the halls of the Livadia Palace.

View of the Livadia Palace after the end of the Yalta Conference on February 11, 1945, technical service vehicles near the palace building.

Soviet and American communications specialists walk along the palace building (top).

American communications specialists wind up the communication line.

A motorcade of three jeeps drives along the palace paths, Roosevelt is sitting in the first jeep.

Roosevelt, his wife and those accompanying them drive up to the palace building in a jeep at the end of the walk.

Cypress trees growing near the Livadia Palace.

View of part of the Livadia Palace.

A sign indicating the direction to the commandant's office on the palace grounds.

A military traffic controller on the palace grounds with flags in his hands.

Churchill and US Secretary of State Stettinius E. at the entrance to the Livadia Palace.

Churchill exits the Livadia Palace and gets into a car.

The British motorcade departs.

The guard company marches along the palace grounds, the company commander reports to his superior, and follows the company.

Faces of the guard company soldiers marching in formation.