Column Hall of the House of Unions, filled with delegates II Congress of Writers of the RSFSR. Writer Sobolev opening session of the Congress and advocates. Among those present on the podium and in the hall Koptyaeva A., A. Karavaeva, S. Mikhalkov, Anna Akhmatova, S. Vasiliev, L. Kassil, Kozhevnikov. Serves writer S. Baruzdin. In the margins of the conversation: A. Prokofiev, LA Oshanin, S. Smirnov, G. Mdivani, A. Koptyaeva, O. Bergolts, E. Dolmatovsky.