Leningrad chronicles № 22 (1961)

State flags of the USSR and the Republic of Ghana in front of the Leningrad airport building.

Portraits of Khrushchev, Brezhnev and President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah on the facade of the airport building.

The plane with the President of Ghana on board after landing.

Kwame Nkrumah and his entourage descend the plane's ramp.

First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU Spiridonov I. V., Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council Isaev V. Ya. welcome guests at the plane ramp.

The greeters applaud the guests from Ghana.

Pioneers present bouquets of flowers to Kwame Nkrumah.

Guests from Ghana are standing with flowers in their hands.

The honor guard company is in formation.

Isaev makes a welcoming speech, Kvame nkrumah and Spiridonov are standing next to him.

Spiridonov's face.

Kwame Nkrumah gives a speech in response.

Leningrad residents applaud, Isaev shakes hands with Kwame Nkrumah.

Departure of guests from their airport.

The motorcycle escort rides in front of the motorcade, Kwame Nkrumah from the car responds to the greetings of the greeters while driving through the streets of Leningrad.

Cruiser "Aurora" on the Neva.

The President of Ghana and his entourage on the deck of the cruiser.

Kwame Nkrumah listens to the guide.

Arrival of guests from Ghana in Smolny.

Monument to Lenin in front of the Smolny entrance.

Guests from Ghana are walking on the territory of Smolny.

The motorcade goes past the building of the Winter Palace along the embankment.

Guests from Ghana visit the sights of Leningrad.

Kwame Nkrumah listens to Isaev's story.

Guests from Ghana in the halls of the Hermitage.

Kwame Nkrumah and his entourage inspect the workshops of the Electrosila plant.

Kwame Nkrumah talks with factory workers.

View of a part of the factory rally in honor of guests from Ghana.

Kwame Nkrumah and his entourage in the presidium of the rally.

The foreman of turners Kurchavin speaks, types of the rally.

Svetlana Yakovleva welcomes the guests on behalf of the youth of the plant.

Kwame Nkrumah speaks to the workers.

The participants of the rally applaud.

The director of the plant, A.V. Mozalevsky, presents a memorable gift to Kwame Nkrumah.

The workers applaud.

View of the presidium of the rally (from above).

Internal view of the shop of the Electrosila plant, production processes.

Assembly of a turbo generator for the Nazarovskaya HPP.

Transportation of the rotor by means of a crane.

Installation of the rotor, the faces of the workers.

Types of turbo generator.

The foreman of the collectors V. Koloskov gives signals to the crane operator.

Installation of turbo generator parts.

View of the turbo generator during assembly.

Panorama of one of the fields of the Lenin collective farm.

Row-to-row processing of legumes and corn crops, the face of a tractor driver.

Liquid fertilization of sugar beet seedlings with fertilizers.

Laying hay in ricks during the preparation of feed for the winter.

Types of a reservoir with ducks swimming in it in the state farm "Pudost" of the Gatchina district.

The foreman of the Komsomol-youth brigade M. Mozina examines the ducks.

Transportation of feed on rails, in horse-drawn trolleys.

Poultry farmers A. Makarov and V. Kirku for distributing food to ducks.

Loading feed into trolleys.

Operation of the feed shop equipment.

Ducks at the feeders.

The faces of the Makarov and Kirku duck breeders.

View of a pond with ducks swimming in it.

Panorama of the construction of a new residential quarter in Leningrad (from above).

View of a part of a new residential quarter.

New residential five-storey houses, entrance to the entrance.

New residential buildings in Avtovo, Moskovsky and Nevsky districts.

People pass by a shop window on the first floor of a residential building.

New buildings on the former working-class outskirts of Leningrad.

The building of the consumer services combine, built of concrete and glass.

New residential buildings and streets of Leningrad.

View of the facade of the Mint building.

Employees of the Mint for the production of commemorative medals for participants of the World Youth Forum.

Ready-made medals.

Obverse and reverse of the medal.

Participants of the rowing competitions in Kavgolovo pass in formation during the opening ceremony of the competition.

Cups intended for the winners.

The competition of women's teams of swing fours, the spectators on the shore watch the course of the competition.

The Leningrad men's crew of the swing four, who won.

Presentation of flowers to the winners.

The coach congratulates the rowers on the deuce, who won.

The competition of swing eights, the audience on the shore.

Berthing of one of the crews.

The audience applauds.

Presentation of prizes to the captains of the winning teams N. Polyakova and O. Golovanov.