Leaders of the Communist Party and the Soviet State (1922-1943)

Combined military brass band during the military parade on Red Square on November 7, 1922. Troops march across Red Square.

Spectators in the guest stands.

Stalin I.V. on the stand of the mausoleum.

Horse artillery and cavalry units at the parade on Red Square.

Stalin I.V. during the 12th Congress of the RCP(b) in April 1923 in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Ordzhonikidze G.K. next to Stalin.

Stalin I.V. speaks from the stand at a meeting of the 13th Congress of the RCP(b) in May 1924. View of a part of the congress meeting hall.

Stalin I.V. speaks from the stand in the Grand Kremlin Palace at a regular meeting of the 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in December 1927, Stalin's face.

Stalin I.V. Among the Red Navy sailors and commanders of the cruiser "Chervona Ukraina" in 1929. Stalin leaves a memorable autograph in the book of honored guests of the cruiser.

The crew of the cruiser in parade formation on the deck.

Stalin I.V., Voroshilov K.E., Kalinin M.I., Kaganovich L.M., Ordzhonikidze G.K., Kirov S.M. in the Kremlin on the day of Stalin's 50th birthday, December 21, 1929. The faces of Stalin and Kuibyshev V.V. View of the Moscow Kremlin in 1932. Stalin I.V. with a pipe in his mouth sits at the table and signs documents.

Stalin and Voroshilov on board the steamship "Anokhin" during a trip along the White Sea Canal in July 1933. Stalin climbs the gangway to the upper deck.

The lock gates open.

Kirov S.M., Stalin I.V. and Voroshilov K.E. on the upper deck of the ship.

Panorama of the reservoir.

Kirov S.M. and Stalin I.V. walk along the upper deck.

Stalin, Voroshilov, Kirov and the captain of the ship on the deck.

One of the submarines with the crew lined up on the deck in honor of Stalin's arrival.

The Red Navy sailors in formation shout "Hurray!" (panorama).

Stalin I.V. and his secretary Poskrebyshev A.N. in the Kremlin during the work of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Delegates of the congress in the meeting hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Stalin I.V., sitting in the presidium, lights a cigarette, Voroshilov K.E. sits next to him.

Stalin I.V. picks up a sniper rifle, presented to the congress, looks through the sight, Kaganovich L.M. stands applauding next to him.

The delegates in the hall applaud.

Kaganovich LM and Stalin IV at the samovar presented to the congress.

Stalin IV on the mausoleum tribune on the day of the Chelyuskinites’ meeting in Moscow on June 19, 1934, next to him are Ordzhonikidze GK, Kaganovich LM. Stalin IV and Gorky AM walk along the mausoleum wall before the start of the athletes’ parade on July 6, 1934. Children in the parade formation on Red Square.

Voroshilov KE, Gorky AM, Stalin IV, Kalinin MI greet the parade participants from the mausoleum tribune.

Columns of athletes march along Red Square.

Delegates of the 2nd All-Union Congress of Collective Farm Shock Workers in the hall during the meeting in February 1935. Stalin IV speaking to the congress delegates.

One of the delegates asks Stalin a question from his seat, Stalin listens to him.

The faces of the delegates.

One of the congress participants approaches Stalin and discusses the current issue with him; Mikoyan A.I., Molotov V.M., and Kaganovich L.M. are sitting nearby.

The faces of the female delegates to the congress.

View of the congress meeting hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Stalin I.V. sits down on a chair to be photographed with the delegates.

Stalin’s face.

Kaganovich L.M., Budyonny S.M., Stalin I.V. among the congress delegates.

Stalin’s face.

Stalin next to one of the collective farm women.

Stalin I.V. and Kalinin M.I. among the congress participants during the photographing.

The faces of the female delegates from the Central Asian republics.

Stalin I.V. with a pipe in his mouth.

Stalin I.V. shakes hands with the congress delegates approaching him after the photographing is over.

Stalin talks with one of the congress participants.

Light tanks pass through Red Square during the parade on May 1, 1935 (top).

Voroshilov KE and Stalin IV on the Mausoleum tribune during the parade.

Participants in the May Day demonstration pass through Red Square.

Voroshilov KE and Stalin IV greet the demonstration participants from the Mausoleum tribune.

Stalin's portrait is in one of the demonstration columns.

Stalin IV and Voroshilov KE arrive at the Tushino airfield for the aviation festival on July 12, 1935. Parachutists in the sky above the airfield.

Kaganovich LM, Voroshilov KE, Stalin IV, Andreev AA among the pilots at the Tushino airfield, a formation of planes in the sky.

Stalin IV and Voroshilov KE among the Osoaviakhim parachute cadets.

Stalin IV At the car he says goodbye to the participants of the air parade, drives away, Osoaviakhim cadets in formation.

Command post under a camouflage net.

Faces of A.A. Andreev, N.A. Voznesensky. K.E. Voroshilov during maneuvers in 1936. A.A. Zhdanov in his office talking on the phone. A.N. Kosygin speaking from the podium. A.I. Mikoyan during a meeting. N.S. Khrushchev at the front in 1943. Face of N.M. Shvernik. A.S. Shcherbakov working with documents at his desk.