Urho Kekkonen in the USSR (1980)

The President of the Republic of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, reads a magazine in his seat on an airplane.

View from the window: the turbine and wing of the airplane.

Flags of the USSR and Finland.

Those greeting him at Vnukovo Airport: a group of leaders headed by L.I. Brezhnev.

The Finnish airplane on the airfield. U. Kekkonen descends the steps of the airplane.

Meeting with Soviet leaders.

Moscow workers greet the President of Finland, holding Soviet and Finnish flags.

Soldiers of the guard of honor and a military orchestra march past in a ceremonial march.

View of the Kremlin from above.

The Kremlin negotiating hall, delegations of the USSR and Finland headed by L.I. Brezhnev and U. Kekkonen enter and greet each other.

The following participate in the negotiations from the USSR: L.I. Brezhnev, N.A. Tikhonov, A.A. Gromyko.

The Finnish delegation headed by U. Kekkonen is at the table.

View from above of Red Square, zooming in on the Mausoleum.

Laying wreaths at the Lenin Mausoleum.

Urho Kekkonen takes off his hat and adjusts the ribbon on the wreath.

The Finnish delegation visits Gorki Leninskiye.

Viewing the museum exhibits: Lenin's table, bed in the bedroom.

Moscow, the Kremlin, Sverdlovsky Hall, those present applaud.

Presentation of the International Lenin Prize "For Strengthening Peace Among Nations" to U. Kekkonen.

Urho Kekkonen delivers a speech (synchronously).

The audience applauds.

Footage from 1975: Flags of European states.

The building where the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe was held.

Arrival of the motorcade of cars of the Soviet delegation.

Kekkonen speaks at the Conference.

Panorama of the hall.

Newlyweds lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall.

Eternal Flame.

The Finnish delegation lays a wreath.

The President of Finland visits Star City.

Among the cosmonauts meeting him are B.V. Volynov, A.G. Nikolaev, P.I. Klimuk, P.R. Popovich.

Urho Kekkonen is shown the Salyut station.

Cosmonaut V.A. Shatalov leads a tour for the Finnish guests.

Control panel, instruments, monitors.

President of Finland U. Kekkonen in Star City.

Inspection of space technology samples.

Stands of the Cosmonautics Museum dedicated to Yuri Gagarin.

Photos of cosmonauts of socialist countries who visited orbit under the Intercosmos program.

Opening of the reconstructed Saimaa Canal, U. Kekkonen present.

Ship traffic along the canal.

Shipyard in Finland.

Port cranes, Soviet ship "Borjomi", loading and unloading operations.

Construction of the second stage of the nuclear power plant in Lovisa with the participation of the Soviet Union.

Azerbaijan.

Oil rigs, oil refinery.

Monument to Lenin in front of the building.

Meeting of U. Kekkonen with G. Aliyev, conversation of the two delegations at the table.

Memorial to the 26 Baku Commissars with an eternal flame.

The President of Finland lays wreaths at the memorial. U. Kekkonen looks over Baku from the observation deck.

City street, pedestrians, transport.

Ancient buildings in Baku.

The Finnish delegation visits the Azerbaijan History Museum.

Museum exhibits: a sword, a shield, and folk musical instruments.

The old part of Baku.

Tangerine plantations, fruits on the branches.

Kekkonen picks tangerines from a tree.

A pioneer girl presents flowers to a Finnish guest.

The President shakes hands with a child.

A folk instrument ensemble plays. U. Kekkonen dances with a girl.

The President of Finland is treated to local wine at an open-air table.

Novy Arbat Street in Moscow, pedestrians on the street.

The bridge over the Moskva River.

A panorama of the People's Republic of China from the top of the river to the Kremlin.

In the Kremlin, a ceremonial signing of documents between U.K. Kekkonen and L.I. Brezhnev on trade and industrial cooperation.

View of the Kremlin.

Flags of the USSR and Finland.

Seeing off President U. Kekkonen at Vnukovo Airport.

Handshakes with L.I. Brezhnev, A.A. Gromyko. U. Kekkonen climbs the steps of the plane.

Leonid Brezhnev and other leaders wave their hands.

The plane moves along the airfield.