Ernesto Che Guevara in the USSR (1960.10)

The plane finishes taxiing.

Members of the Cuban government economic mission descend the steps of the plane after arriving in Moscow on October 29, 1960. The head of the delegation, Ernesto Che Guevara, is greeted at the steps.

Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers I.T. Novikov greets Che Guevara.

Che Guevara delivers a response speech, Che Guevara's face.

Che Guevara and Novikov shake hands.

Novikov, Che Guevara, and members of the Cuban delegation near the plane.

Che Guevara departs for Moscow in a car.

Traffic on Gorky Street.

High-rise buildings of Moscow illuminated at night.

View of the Moscow Kremlin.

First Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers A.I. Mikoyan greets Che Guevara and members of the Cuban delegation in the Kremlin on October 30, 1960. Mikoyan, Che Guevara, and members of the Cuban delegation at the table during negotiations.

Che Guevara visits the USSR Minister of Foreign Trade, N.S. Patolichev.

Patolichev, Che Guevara, and members of the Cuban delegation sit at the table during business negotiations.

Entrance to the House of Culture.

Workers from Moscow factories greet Che Guevara and members of the Cuban delegation in the House of Culture hall.

Faces of the applauding meeting participants.

Presentation of a gift to Che Guevara.

Faces of the meeting participants.

Che Guevara at the presidium table.

View of the House of Culture hall.

Mechanic Lyapin speaks from the podium.

Views of the hall.

Che Guevara speaks from the podium; Moscow workers listen to Che Guevara.

The meeting participants and members of the presidium give a standing ovation.

Entrance to Lenin's Mausoleum.

View of Red Square during the celebration of the 43rd anniversary of the October Revolution on November 7, 1960 (top).

Faces of demonstrators passing by the mausoleum.

Khrushchev N.S., Che Guevara, and members of the Cuban delegation greet the demonstrators from the mausoleum tribune.

Demonstrators, Che Guevara, and Khrushchev on the mausoleum tribune.

View of Red Square during the demonstration (above).

Moscow State University building on Lenin Hills.

Che Guevara and members of the Cuban delegation on a bus during a tour of Moscow.

Members of the Cuban delegation exit the bus during a stop on Lenin Hills.

Views of Moscow.

Moscow Metro vestibules and escalators.

Members of the Cuban delegation on the escalator.

Cuban guests at a metro station, station vestibule decorations.

Che Guevara and his entourage ride in a metro car.

Entrance to the Bolshoi Theater.

Mikoyan and Che Guevara enter the main box of the Bolshoi Theater.

The audience applauds the Cuban guests.

The Cuban delegation in the box.

Scenes from the ballet "The Flames of Paris."