May 1 in Moscow (05.01.1953)

Applauding guests on the granite stands near the mausoleum on Red Square on the day of celebration of May 1, 1953. Malenkov G.M., Beria L.P., Molotov V.M., Shvernik N.M., Khrushchev N.S., Mikoyan A.I. come out onto the mausoleum’s stand.

The clock on the Spasskaya Tower shows 10:00.

A view of the mausoleum, with the leaders of the Communist Party and the Soviet state standing on the podium. N.A. Bulganin, N.S. Khrushchev, G.M. Malenkov, L.P. Beria, L.M. Kaganovich, and A.I. Mikoyan stand with Young Pioneers on the mausoleum podium after receiving flowers.

A column of Young Pioneers marches across Red Square.

A view of Red Square during the May Day demonstration (above).

Portraits of Lenin and Stalin hang above the columns of demonstrators.

Demonstrators carry portraits of Lenin and Stalin and wave artificial flowers.

Portraits of Lenin, Stalin, and Malenkov hang above one of the demonstration columns.

A view of one of the columns of the May Day demonstration on Red Square.

Participants carry banners with slogans and portraits of Soviet leaders.

Party and state leaders greet the demonstrators from the podium of the Mausoleum.

The faces of the demonstrators march in columns past the Mausoleum.

One of the demonstrators marches through Red Square, with a portrait of Mao Zedong above the column.

A view of one of the columns of the May Day demonstration on Red Square.

Participants walk past the mausoleum, waving artificial flowers, greeting the leaders of the party and state.

Faces of the participants.

Faces of May Day marchers marching in columns past the mausoleum.

The marchers walk past the mausoleum, waving artificial flowers, greeting the party and state leaders.

A view of one of the columns of the May Day demonstration.

Party and state leaders on the mausoleum's podium, among them M.A. Suslov, N.M. Shvernik, A.I. Mikoyan, and G.M. Malenkov.