Ceremonial meetings in honor of the return of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus to the USSR (1939)

Panorama of the meeting hall of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine on October 27, 1939 in Lviv, during the adoption of the declaration on the accession of Western Ukraine to the Ukrainian SSR, the deputies applaud.

Ovation in the hall.

The chairman delivers a speech, faces of the deputies.

View of the hall, the deputies applaud.

Molotov V.M., Kaganovich L.M. enter the hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace before the start of the meeting of the Extraordinary 5th session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on November 1, 1939. Applauding deputies.

Kalinin M.I., Stalin I.V., Malenkov G.M., Zhdanov A.A., Khrushchev N.S. enter the presidium.

Faces of the applauding deputies.

Applauding members of the presidium, in the presidium - Molotov V.M., Mikoyan A.I., Kaganovich L.M. Member of the Plenipotentiary Commission of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine Panchishin M.I. speaks from the podium (synchronously and off-camera).

Representatives of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine and deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR stand and listen to Panchishin's speech.

Deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR listen to the translation of Panchishin's speech through headphones, the faces of the deputies.

Panchishin continues his speech.

Stalin and Khrushchev during Panchishin's speech.

Molotov, Mikoyan, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, and Bulganin applaud standing as the speech progresses.

The faces of the applauding deputies.

Panchishin continues his speech.

Molotov, Mikoyan, and Voroshilov listen to Panchishin from the presidium, stand, and applaud.

Representatives of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine bring banners into the hall.

Deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR applaud standing during the session on November 2, 1939. Molotov, Mikoyan, Voroshilov, and Kaganovich applaud from the presidium.

A representative of Western Belarus speaks from the podium (both simultaneously and off-camera), with members of parliament applauding.

Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of People's Commissars A.Ya.

Vyshinsky speaks from the podium (both simultaneously and off-camera), with members of parliament listening to Vyshinsky's speech in the hall.