V.M. Molotov in the leadership of the USSR (1936-1953)

Kaganovich LM, Molotov VM, Beria LP, Malenkov GM, Bulganin NA on the mausoleum tribune on May 1, 1953 before the military parade, views of the tribune with the leaders of the USSR (alternating shots).

Bulganin reads a speech in front of a microphone, from right to left stand Malenkov GM, Beria LP, Molotov VM, Kaganovich LM, Mikoyan AI, Pervukhin MG, Suslov MA, Khrushchev NS. Views of Red Square during the May Day demonstration of 1936-1937 (from top).

Voroshilov KE and Molotov VM on the mausoleum tribune.

The leaders of the USSR greet the participants of the demonstration from the mausoleum tribune.

A view of a part of Red Square during the demonstration.

The sculpture "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" on the grounds of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV).

A view of part of the VSKhV grounds on the opening day, August 1, 1939. A sculpture of Stalin on the VSKhV grounds.

Visitors in the pavilion dedicated to the achievements of Soviet aviation.

Molotov takes the podium at a rally dedicated to the opening of the VSKhV. Visitors to the VSKhV greet Molotov with applause.

Molotov waves his hat in response to greetings, and the faces of representatives of the union republics of Central Asia.

A panorama of the rally, Molotov delivering a speech from the podium, with A.I. Mikoyan standing behind him.

The 4th extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the Grand Kremlin Palace on August 31, 1939, with Molotov on the podium.

Timoshenko S.K., Budyonny S.M., and Stalin I.V. are sitting among the deputies in the presidium of the session.

Deputies listen to Molotov's speech.

A report in the Pravda newspaper about the conclusion of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact.

Deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR during a session.

A view of part of the Moscow Kremlin and the mausoleum (above).

New buildings in Alma-Ata in the late 1930s.

Passers-by on the street.

A sign at the entrance to School No. 40 named after Furmanov in Alma-Ata.

Students leaving the school.

Views of a park in one of the cities of the USSR. People ride sailing yachts.

The passenger ship "Joseph Stalin" sails along the Volga.

A view of one of the locks.

The tower of the Northern River Station.

The star on the spire of the tower.

Participants in the reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace applaud.

Stalin accepts presented bouquets.

Members of the delegation hold bouquets in their hands.

Molotov addresses the delegates.

Stalin, Voroshilov, Kalinin, and Molotov shake hands with a collective farmer from Central Asia.

Applauding girls.

Stalin, Budyonny, Molotov, and Kalinin among the participants of a conference of the wives of the command staff in 1936. Stalin, Kalinin, and Molotov sit down for a photo with the participants of one of the meetings.

Voting at a polling station on December 12, 1937. A ballot with Stalin's name.

A girl with a ballot in her hands leaves the voting booth.

Red Navy sailors voting.

Molotov's speech from the rostrum at a session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR; deputies listen to Molotov.

Military deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR give a standing ovation.

Participants of the May Day demonstration pass by.

A memorial plaque in honor of Molotov on a house in Totma, where he lived during his exile in 1909-1910. A photograph of Molotov with a comrade from the Vologda exile.

Volume 1 of "Capital." A train passes the station.

Panorama of the palace building.

Collective farmers tie sheaves during the harvest.

Sheaves in the field.

Workers' faces, rally participants holding banners, views of a rally of tractor builders.

Workers walk behind a commemorative tractor.

Tractors at the finished goods site (panorama).