Opening of the monument V.I. Lenin in Almaty (1957)

Pioneers and schoolchildren with bouquets of flowers in their hands during a rally in honor of the opening of the monument to Lenin VI in Alma-Ata.

Veterans of the party with wreaths and flowers in their hands before the opening of the monument, the faces of veterans.

The rank of the pioneers with flowers in their hands, the faces of the pioneers.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan I. Yakovlev makes a speech from the podium, next is the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR, Kunaev DA

Panorama of the rally.

Leaders of the republic and guests in the stands.

Those rally participants.

View of the monument to Lenin.

People at the foot of the monument.

A soldier in the honor guard at the monument.

The rally participants applaud the speaker.

Yakovlev, Kunaev and the leaders of the republic before the opening ceremony of the monument to Lenin.

The officer gives a report to Yakovlev.

Removal of the blanket from the monument, view of the monument and pedestal.

Soldiers hold automatic in position "on guard".

The officers salute the monument to Lenin.

Those soldiers.

Pioneers, schoolchildren, veterans of the party and members of the civil war flowers at the foot of the monument.

The rally participants speak from the podium, next to the podium - Kunaev.

Veterans of the party in the guest places of the podium.

View of the open monument.