Academician I.V. Kurchatov (1956-1959)

View of the meeting hall of the 20th Congress of the CPSU in the Grand Kremlin Palace in February 1956. Academician I. V. Kurchatov speaks from the rostrum at a session of the congress.

Panorama of the meeting hall of the congress, delegates in headphones listen to Kurchatov's speech.

Kurchatov on the rostrum.

View of the meeting hall of the congress (from above).

Kurchatov continues his speech, views of the hall.

Faces of the delegates of the 20th Congress of the CPSU listening to Kurchatov.

View of the Column Hall of the House of Unions during the meeting of the jubilee session of the USSR Academy of Sciences on June 12-13, 1957. President of the USSR Academy of Sciences Academician A. N. Nesmeyanov speaks, standing in the presidium, I. V. Kurchatov and P. L. Kapitsa are sitting in the presidium.

View of part of the hall and the presidium.

Views of the building where the jubilee session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was held in honor of the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution on November 6, 1957, Kurchatov I.V. goes to the session.

View of part of the building of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the day the 21st Congress of the CPSU began its work on January 27, 1959, delegates walk to the entrance to the palace, cars drive by.

Kurchatov I.V. among the delegates walking to the congress session.

A traffic controller in front of the entrance to the palace.

Congress delegates walk around the inside of the St.

George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Kurchatov greets and talks with the congress delegates, delegates in the St.

George Hall.

View of the St.

George Hall.

Medals and certificates of honor intended for presentation to the participants of the session of the World Peace Council in May 1959. Presentation of medals and certificates of honor to the session participants.

Presentation of the award to P.L. Kapitsa The session participants applaud.

Presentation of the medal and the certificate of honor to Academician I.V. Kurchatov.

The session participants during the awards ceremony.

Kurchatov during a conversation with Academician Nesmeyanov in the office of one of the members of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Kurchatov speaks on the phone during the conversation.

Kurchatov talks with one of the scientists who entered the office.