Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad (1925.09)

A guest from India chats with a woman at a table at a banquet in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences.

A view of part of the banquet hall. A.V. Lunacharsky raises his glass.

Guests' faces.

President of the Academy of Sciences, Academician A.P. Karpinsky, at the banquet table.

The faces of reporters asking questions.

Guests at the banquet table. A.V. Lunacharsky delivers a speech.

A guest from India speaks at a banquet in honor of the 200th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

A view of part of the banquet hall.

One of the banquet attendees delivers a speech.

A member of the USSR Academy of Sciences delivers a speech during a ceremonial meeting at the Academic Philharmonic Hall in honor of the Academy of Sciences' 200th anniversary on September 5, 1925. Participants in the meeting are in the hall.

A library employee opens a display case with books on the opening day of the new library in its new building on September 9, 1925.

Views of the hall of the ceremonial meeting in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences in the Academic Philharmonic.

The Uritsky Palace (Tavrichesky Palace) in Leningrad, with a car entering the gates.

Cars at the entrance to the Tauride Palace.

Guests are on their way to a gala meeting to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences.

A view of a portion of the meeting hall. G.E. Zinoviev is delivering a speech.

A view of a section of the hall for the gala meeting in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences.

Cars stand at the entrance to the Academy of Sciences building.

A horse-drawn carriage and a bus pass through the rain.

Guests are in the hall before the gala banquet.

Participants of the gala banquet exit the bus and cars approaching the entrance and enter the building.

One of the guests is at the banquet table.

A bus carrying guests approaches the building entrance.

Guests are seated at a buffet table with desserts.

Members of the Academy of Sciences and invited guests ascend the steps to the entrance of the building for the gala banquet in honor of the Academy of Sciences' 200th anniversary.

Guests are seated at a buffet table with desserts.

Academician Karpinsky attends the banquet.

A multi-tiered celebratory cake rotates on the table.

Participants in the gala meeting in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences in the hall.

Speakers included members of the Academy of Sciences.

People's Commissar of Education of the RSFSR, A.V. Lunacharsky, delivers a speech at a banquet in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences.

Reporters take down Lunacharsky's speech, laying sheets of paper on each other's backs.

Guests are seated at the banquet table.