Composer and conductor Boris Alexandrov (1946-1960)

The presidium of the ceremonial meeting in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army in 1949. Lieutenant General Shatilov opens the ceremonial meeting.

Marshals of the Soviet Union K. A. Meretskov, L. A. Govorov, and I. S. Konev are in the presidium of the meeting.

Ensemble director B. A. Alexandrov speaks from the rostrum.

Alexandrov is in the presidium of the meeting.

Marshals of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky and I. S. Konev are in the presidium of the meeting.

Meeting participants applauding in the hall.

Presentation of congratulatory addresses and gifts, faces of the meeting participants.

Alexandrov accepts another congratulatory address and gift.

Konev and Meretskov applaud.

Meeting participants rise and applaud.

Applauding members of the presidium. N. M. Shvernik presents awards to B. A. Alexandrov and the ensemble's artists in the Kremlin.

Shvernik congratulates Alexandrov and the ensemble's artists on receiving their awards.

Alexandrov delivers a speech after the awards ceremony.

Shvernik presents Alexandrov with a medal.

The ensemble's artists applaud.

A meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1955-1956, with K.E. Voroshilov, N.A. Bulganin, A.I. Mikoyan, L.M. Kaganovich, M.G. Pervukhin, V.M. Molotov, G.M. Malenkov, A.N. Kosygin, M.A. Suslov, A.I. Kirichenko, G.K. Zhukov, and L.I. Brezhnev in the presidium behind.

View of the meeting hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

The speaker is at the podium.

The deputies applaud.

Views of the meeting hall and presidium, the next speaker is speaking from the podium.

Mikoyan, Bulganin, and Voroshilov are conversing with each other; Molotov, Malenkov, Suslov, and Kirichenko are sitting behind them.

A speaker is at the podium.

The presidium members are applauding, including N.M. Shvernik, E.A. Furtseva, Kaganovich, Pervukhin, Zhukov, and Brezhnev.

Deputies are applauding.

The deputies in the hall are listening to the next speaker; the speaker is at the podium. B.A. Alexandrov is among the deputies.

Alexandrov's face.

The faces of the deputies.

Alexandrov is filming his daughter's English lesson with a tutor at his home.

The ensemble's performers march to a rehearsal during their tour in Paris in 1960. Parisians attend the ensemble's concert.

A view of Paris.

The ensemble's performers lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris.

A wreath on the grave.

A view of Paris.

Passersby on the streets of the city.

Parisians attend a concert by the ensemble.

A performance by the ensemble's dance troupe.

The audience applauds, and the dancers take a bow after the performance.

Alexandrov is on stage among the ensemble's dancers during the audience's standing ovation.

Maurice Thorez congratulates Alexandrov on stage and shakes his hand.

Former pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment thank the Soviet artists and Alexandrov personally.

Alexandrov is presented with the regiment's commemorative medal.

Alexandrov displays the medal presented to him.

The audience applauds.

The coffin containing the body of the ensemble's director, A.V. Alexandrov, was displayed in the Red Banner Hall of the Central House of the Red Army on July 9, 1946. Relatives bid farewell to the deceased and kiss his hand.

General Shatilov, leading the funeral delegation, passes the coffin.

Funeral wreaths are laid at the coffin.

General Shatilov and composer A.I. Khachaturian stand in the honor guard at the coffin.