Sergei Pavlovich Korolev: Pages of Life (1933-1970)

A memorial plaque in honor of S.P. Korolev on the wall of the house in Zhitomir where he was born.

Korolev's mother, Maria Nikolaevna Balanina, cuts the red ribbon during the opening ceremony of the Korolev House-Museum in Zhitomir in 1970. Korolev's mother and her entourage examine the museum exhibit.

Photographs of Korolev on one of the museum stands. M.N. Balanina in the museum hall among the Young Pioneers.

Photograph of Korolev holding his daughter.

The face of Korolev's daughter, Natalya Sergeevna.

Photographs of Korolev from 1933-1934 on display at the museum.

Photographs of Korolev during gliding competitions in Koktebel.

Photographs of Korolev with members of the Jet Propulsion Study Group (GIRD).

One of the first liquid-propellant rockets being installed on the launch pad by GIRD group testers.

Preparing the rocket for launch.

Successful rocket launch.

The launch of the Vostok-1 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 12, 1961. A Red Army unit attacks a village in the Moscow region during the counteroffensive near Moscow in December 1941. Infantry and tanks attack the enemy.

A salvo of rocket launchers.

Soviet soldiers are greeted in liberated cities.

Children greet Soviet soldiers in liberated Gzhatsk and talk with an officer.

A photograph of Yury Gagarin among his schoolmates.

A lesson in a dilapidated school building.

Children at their desks.

A view of part of a destroyed city block (above).

The faces of a boy and a girl.

A panorama of part of the ruined city of Stalingrad (above).

Foreign newspaper reports on the launch of the first Soviet artificial satellite in 1957. An unsuccessful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket.