An unforgettable day (1938)

Panorama of the central square of Yoshkar-Ola, a monument to V.I. Lenin on the square.

Polling stations in Yoshkar-Ola, opened on the occasion of the elections of deputies of the Supreme Soviets of the RSFSR and the Mari ASSR. A car drives along one of the streets.

View of a wooden two-story house with a portrait of I.V. Stalin on the facade.

Panorama of the facade of one of the residential buildings, on the facade there is a portrait of Stalin and slogans calling for people to go to the elections.

People with banners in their hands enter the building of the 11th polling station of the Yoshkar-Ola City Railway Electoral District in a column, where Stalin is running for deputy.

A brass band at the entrance to the polling station.

People enter the building.

Receiving ballots.

View of the hall of the polling station with voting booths.

People enter the booths and exit.

Voters drop ballots into ballot boxes.

Komsomol members drop ballots into the ballot box.

A portrait of Stalin with Gela Markizova in his arms hanging on the wall in a kindergarten, children playing under the portrait.

Children holding soft toys.

People exiting the voting booths.

Voters drop ballots into the ballot boxes.

People walking up the steps of the entrance to the polling station.

Collective farmers from one of the farms of the Mari ASSR are going to the polls in the back of a truck, followed by collective farmers in horse-drawn carts.

Collective farmers are driving past a wheat field.

A truck is driving along a village street, with collective farmers with banners in the back.

Girls are going to vote.

Horse-drawn carriages with collective farmers going to vote are driving along the street.

People are entering the club building where the polling station is located.

Collective farmers of the Mari ASSR are going to the polls.

View of part of the rally in Yoshkar-Ola that took place on June 27, 1938, and was dedicated to the election results.

View of the rally rostrum, a woman at the microphone.

Faces of rally participants, portraits of Stalin and Molotov.

Athletes stand under the portraits of Stalin and Molotov.

The speaker at the rostrum delivers a speech into the microphone.

Rally participants listen to the speech of the next speaker.

The face of one of the rally participants.

The leaders of the Mari ASSR and the republican NKVD greet the participants of the festive demonstration from the rostrum.

The speaker at the rostrum delivers a speech into the microphone.

A column of athletes passes.

Demonstration participants pass in front of the rostrum, holding portraits of Stalin and banners with slogans in their hands.

Panorama of the rally in Yoshkar-Ola, portraits of Stalin and Voroshilov in the hands of rally participants.