Anniversary of VASKhNIL (1949)

Portraits of Lenin and Stalin in the Column Hall of the House of Unions during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences named after Lenin (VASKhNIL).

View of the hall of the ceremonial meeting.

Presidium of the ceremonial meeting.

President of the USSR Academy of Sciences Vavilov S.I. at the presidium table.

Budyonny S.M. in the presidium of the meeting.

Academician Zelinsky N.D. in the presidium of the meeting.

Faces of scientists - honorary members of the presidium of the meeting.

Faces of the meeting participants sitting in the hall.

President of VASKhNIL Academician T.D. Lysenko speaks from the rostrum, faces of the meeting participants.

The meeting participants stand up and applaud.

Vavilov S.I. presents Lysenko T.L. with a congratulatory address from the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Lysenko accepts congratulations, the meeting participants applaud.

Young Pioneers present Lysenko with a bouquet of flowers, Lysenko shakes hands with the Young Pioneers.

Applauding meeting participants.

View of the meeting hall.