City of Moscow, the Kremlin, The Grand Kremlin Palace, Hall of Columns of the House of Unions, in which from 28 February to 7 March 1957 passed the 1st All-Union Congress of Soviet Artists. Courtrooms congress presidium. Speakers: MV Alpatov, SV Gerasimov, B. E. Nemensky, AD Goncharov, DA Shmarinov, I. Grabar, B. Johanson, S. M. Chekhov, EA Kibrik, AA Plastov, EF Belashova, MS Saryan, AP Kibalnikov, ST Konenkov and others. Congress welcome: N. Mikhailov, D. Shepilov, EN Gogoleva, I. Blanter, Yu Shaporin, Knipper and others. At the closing session of the Congress on March 7 present leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government: Mikhail Suslov, VM Molotov, LM Kaganovich, MZ Saburov, D. Shepilov, EA Furtseva, L . Brezhnev, PN Pospelov, in the Congress are participating artists of China. East Germany, North Korea, Mongolia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and other countries. Conversations on the sidelines of the congress participants. Election of the Board of the Union of Soviet Artists (secret ballot).