Leningrad chronicles № 20 (1961)

View of the Vosstaniya Square (from above).

Arrival of the train on the platform of the Moscow railway station.

The leaders of Leningrad and the region on the platform waiting for the arrival of the Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Van Dong.

The first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU, I. V. Spiridonov, welcomes Vietnamese guests, next to him is the second secretary of the regional Committee, V. S. Tolstikov.

Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Mukhitdinov N. A. among those who arrived in Leningrad.

Pioneers present bouquets of flowers to Vietnamese guests.

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council N. I. Smirnov makes a welcoming speech.

Pham Van Dong makes a response speech.

Yuri Gagarin gets out of the car, Pham Van Dong greets him.

Gagarin with a bouquet of flowers among the greeters.

Spiridonov greets Gagarin.

The company of the honor guard in the parade formation.

Smirnov and Pham Van Dong bypass the guard of honor.

The motorcade leaves on Nevsky Prospekt (from above).

View of the Smolny building.

Monument to Lenin in front of the Smolny entrance.

Pham Van Dong, Spiridonov and their accompanying persons climb the steps of Smolny.

Vietnamese delegates during visits to the museum and memorial complex in Razliva.

Reconstruction of Lenin's hut.

Vietnamese delegates listen to the guide.

Vietnamese delegates during a visit to the House-Museum in Razliv.

Pham Van Dong and his entourage inspect household items that Lenin used.

Cruiser "Aurora" on the Neva.

Pham Van Dong and his entourage on the deck of the cruiser.

The gun from which the signal shot was fired at the Winter Palace.

A commemorative plaque on the gun shield.

Presentation of commemorative gifts and badges to Vietnamese delegates.

Leningraders greet Vietnamese guests coming off the Aurora ramp, Pham Van Dong takes the child in his arms.

Types of fountains of Petrodvorets, Pham Van Dong, Mukhitdinov and their accompanying persons inspect the fountains.

The newlyweds enter the hall of the Wedding Palace.

Pham Van Dong, Mukhitdinov and their accompanying persons are present at the wedding ceremony.

Young people exchange rings.

Pham Van Dong congratulates the newlyweds, gives them a gift.

Mukhitdinov congratulates the newlyweds.

Mukhitdinov and Pham Van Dong, clink glasses of champagne with the newlyweds, drink to the health of the young.

A visit by the Vietnamese delegation to the Leningrad Metal Plant, a meeting in the workshop.

Workers greet Vietnamese guests with applause.

Panorama of the rally in the workshop in honor of the Vietnamese delegation (from above).

Pham Van Dong, Mukhitdinov, Spiridonov at the presidium of the friendship rally.

Milling operator Borodulin, designer of hydraulic turbines Shchegolev speak from the podium.

Pham Van Dong goes to the podium and begins his speech.

Pham Van Dong passes the pennant of friendship to the staff of the plant.

Panorama of the rally, workers applaud.

Presentation of a gift to Pham Wang Dong.

The faces of the rally participants.

Internal views of the electrolysis shop of the Volkhov Aluminum Plant.

Veteran of the shop Mogutov I. Ya. at work, the face of Mogutov.

Production processes in the shop, Mogutov oversees the electrolysis process.

Mogutov's face.

View of the Smolny assembly hall during the citywide meeting of the active scientists.

Spiridonov I. V. opens the meeting.

Types of the hall and the presidium of the meeting, academician A.V. Topchiev makes a report from the rostrum.

The participants of the meeting speak from the podium, the faces of people sitting in the hall.

The participants of the meeting applaud, stand up.

Reclamation works in one of the state farms of the Leningrad region.

Laying of drainage pipes.

Surveyors at work.

View of a part of the drainage ditch.

Water is poured out of the pipe.

Earthmoving equipment for land reclamation works.

View of one of the fields during spring sowing.

Planting of vegetable seedlings.

Workers and employees of the Admiralty Shipbuilding Plant during the concert of the artists of the Opera and Ballet Theater.

Kirov.

The orchestra is on stage , the chairman of the head committee Semichev opens the concert.

Opera singer Laptev K. N. welcomes the staff of the plant on behalf of the concert participants.

The workers applaud.

The orchestra under the direction of conductor Gamalei Yu. V. performs one of Tchaikovsky's works, a view of the summer stage, the faces of workers listening to music.

The audience applauds.

Presentation of flowers to the musicians.

Factory workers applaud the artists.