Festive events and demonstrations in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities of the USSR (1924-1937)

Stalin I.V. walks along the wall of the mausoleum before the start of the May Day celebrations of 1934 on Red Square.

Kalinin M.I. on the mausoleum tribune.

Molotov V.M. and Khrushchev N.S. on the mausoleum tribune.

Gorky A.M. on the mausoleum tribune.

Dimitrov G.M. and his mother Paraskeva Dimitrova on the mausoleum tribune.

Austrian delegates greet the May Day demonstration from the guest tribune.

Voroshilov K.E. greets the passing troops from the mausoleum tribune.

Units of the Moscow garrison march along Red Square.

The face of the American ambassador Bullitt W. Bullitt among the spectators on the guest tribune.

Units of students of the naval academies march along Red Square.

View of part of Red Square during the parade.

Views of Red Square during the passage of armored cars and light tanks.

Airplanes in the sky above Red Square, people watching the planes flying by.

Airplanes lined up in the air in the shape of a five-pointed star and other figures, faces of spectators.

An ANT plane in flight above Red Square.

Faces of applauding spectators.

Rifle units of the Moscow garrison pass by.

Schmidt O. Yu. among the Chelyuskinites on the rostrum of the mausoleum during a ceremonial meeting in Moscow on June 19, 1934. Army Commander 2nd rank Belov I. P. delivers a speech from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Kuibyshev V. V. delivers a speech.

Columns of athletes pass by the mausoleum.

Demonstrators with banners pass by.

A column of Red Navy sailors at the parade on Red Square.

Schmidt O. Yu. speaks from the rostrum.

View of one of the Moscow streets during the meeting of the Chelyuskinites.

Demonstrators pass along Red Square.

Young brass band musicians dressed in civil aviation uniforms march along Red Square.

A column of girls marches.

Young Pioneers greet the demonstrators.

Children's faces.

A column of children with a model airplane on one of the streets of Moscow.

Children are carrying a giant basket of artificial flowers.

Trucks with children and artists are driving by.

Demonstrators in columns are walking along the streets of Moscow to Red Square.

A boy's face.

Singing teenagers are walking.

People are dancing and singing in the streets while waiting for the columns to move on, a man is playing the button accordion.

Children are running away from artists dressed in White Guard and imperialist costumes while playing in the street.

Stalin I.V., Shkiryatov M.F., Ordzhonikidze G.K., Kaganovich L.M. are walking along the territory of the Kremlin before the start of the May Day demonstration of 1935, with the head of security Vlasik N.S. walking in front.

The sculptural composition "Happy Childhood" on one of the Moscow streets.

Ordzhonikidze, Shvernik N.M., Stalin, Dimitrov G.M., Kaganovich greet the May Day demonstration from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Ordzhonikidze and Voroshilov K.E. on the rostrum of the mausoleum, Shvernik is standing behind.

Voroshilov greets the participants of the demonstration.

Kaganovich and Khrushchev N.S. greet the participants of the demonstration from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Kaganovich and Molotov V.M., standing on the rostrum of the mausoleum, watch the planes flying by.

View of the mausoleum.

Columns of demonstrators with a model of the globe, banners and portraits of members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) walk along Red Square.

Young Pioneers draw May Day posters at school.

A portrait on the wall of the classroom.

Columns of demonstrators with slogans and a model of an airship move along Red Square.

The marchers carry posters with Stalin's quotes and portraits of the Politburo members.

Columns of representatives of Moscow districts march along Red Square.

Heavy tanks T-35 and T-28 on Red Square during a military parade.

A combined military orchestra marches along Red Square.

The military greet the troops from the side tribune of the mausoleum; the tribune is attended by the Chief of the USSR Naval Forces V. M. Orlov, Ya. B. Gamarnik, S. M. Budyonny, A. I. Mikoyan, A. A. Andreev, M. I. Kalinin, and Ya. E. Rudzutak greet the marchers from the tribune of the mausoleum; N. S. Khrushchev stands on the lower tribune among the leaders of Moscow and the region.

The leaders of Moscow and the region are on the tribune of the mausoleum.

A model of an armored car with a sculpture depicting Lenin speaking drives by.

The marchers carry slogans about a happy childhood and motherhood.

Views of Nevsky Prospect during the demonstration in Leningrad on November 7, 1924 (above).

Columns of demonstrators led by a brass band pass.

A column of representatives of the Vyborg District passes.

Demonstrators ride in decorated trucks and horse-drawn carriages along Uritsky (Palace) Square.

Columns of demonstrators go around a model locomotive with a smoking chimney.

The demonstration moves past the tribune near the Winter Palace.

Military buglers sound a signal.

Demonstrators with banners pass.

Demonstrators display a banner.

A column of tractors moves along Uritsky Square.

View of a column of the May Day demonstration of 1930 in Leningrad.

Columns of demonstrators pass by the Winter Palace.

The leaders of Leningrad, Kirov S.M., Chudov M.S., greet the demonstrators from the tribune.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR S.I. Syrtsov makes a speech, Kirov is standing nearby.

Workers of the Baltic Shipyard pass by.

Demonstrators carry and transport models of ships and tractors.

A column of tractors, produced by the Krasny Putilovets plant above plan, moves across the square.

Representatives of the Moscow and Narva districts of Leningrad pass by.

The face of one of the demonstrators.

Workers pass by with banners of their enterprises.

Evening festive electric illumination on the buildings of Leningrad in honor of the 12th anniversary of the October Revolution.

An illuminated tram passes by.

Evening festive events on Uritsky Square.

Festive fireworks over the Hermitage and General Staff complex.

Festive views of Uritsky Square during the celebration of the 15th International Youth Day in 1929. Representatives of the Communist Youth International greet the demonstrators from the rostrum.

Faces of Chinese delegates.

Demonstrators carry slogans in support of China.

American delegates on Uritsky Square.

Participants in the celebration carry red banners.

A view of part of the festive rally.

A caterpillar tractor at the May Day demonstration at the head of the column of the Volodarsky district of Leningrad.

Tram cars decorated for the May Day holiday.

Kirov and Kalinin greet the participants of the demonstration from the tribune.

Kirov and Kalinin on the tribune.

Kirov delivers a speech to the passing columns of demonstrators.

Participants in the demonstration carry banners with slogans and a model of a stratospheric balloon.

Participants in the demonstration near one of the rostral columns of Vasilievsky Island.

Views of the rally on the spit of Vasilievsky Island.

Columns of Leningrad workers pass by.

Participants in the demonstration on November 7, 1930 in Moscow walk along Red Square.

Faces of the participants in the demonstration and Chinese delegates heading to Red Square.

Participants in the demonstration with banners move to Red Square along the streets of Moscow.

View of Red Square during the All-Union Physical Culture Parade on July 12, 1937. Physical culture athletes perform exercises with poles.

Dancing young men and women in tracksuits.

Columns of members of sports societies pass by.

Mikoyan A.I., Gorky A.M., Kirov S.M., Stalin I.V. on the mausoleum tribune during the May Day demonstration of 1931. Gorky's face.

Stalin on the mausoleum tribune.

A column of athletes passes through Red Square.

Stalin and Gorky head toward the stairs leading to the mausoleum tribune.

Participants in the physical culture parade pass through Red Square with banners and models, Mikoyan, Gorky, and Kaganovich on the mausoleum tribune.

A unit of Red Navy sailors passes through Red Square during the May Day parade.

Armored cars and heavy tanks pass through Red Square during the May Day parade of 1935. Faces of Stalin and Kalinin.

Young Pioneers walking along Red Square greet the leaders of the party and state.

Stalin watches the planes flying over.

Planes flying over the square.

Kaganovich and Molotov on the mausoleum tribune watch the planes flying over.

Voroshilov KE and Stalin on the mausoleum tribune during the physical culture parade of 1937, a "pyramid" of parade participants.

Participants of the May Day demonstration of 1935 act out "live" posters on the move.

View of Red Square during the May Day demonstration.

Voroshilov gallops out of the Spassky Gate onto Red Square.

View of Red Square during the military parade (from above).

A column of young pioneer aircraft modelers passes.

Young Pioneer detachments pass in front of the mausoleum.

Young Pioneers armed with homemade bows are walking.

Columns of young pioneers and physical education students walk along Red Square.

Voroshilov greets the troops from the tribune.

The cavalry passes through Red Square.

View of Red Square during the cavalry's passage (top).

Machine-gun carts on Red Square, Stalin greets the troops while standing on the mausoleum tribune, N.M. Shvernik stands nearby.

Horse artillery crews at the parade on Red Square.

View of Red Square during the exit of cyclists (top).

Cyclists in tank helmets ride through Red Square.

Airplanes fly by.

A BT series tank passes through Red Square at high speed.

View of Red Square during the passage of new-model tanks (top).

Tanks move through Red Square, Ordzhonikidze G.K., Stalin, Dimitrov G.M., Kaganovich greet the troops from the mausoleum tribune.

View of Red Square with tanks passing through it, the Maxim Gorky plane flies over the square.

Views of Red Square with tanks passing through it (top).

Khrushchev N.S. and Molotov watch the planes flying by.

Planes over Red Square, Stalin and Ordzhonikidze watching them.

Pilots at the controls of planes.

A heavy T-35 tank at a parade on Red Square, foreign military attaches greeting the troops, faces of the military attaches of Japan and Poland.

Planes in the sky over Red Square, Stalin on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

A column of demonstrators with a model of a locomotive on Red Square.

Kaganovich greeting the participants of the demonstration.

The participants of the demonstration carry portraits of Stalin and slogans in honor of the Comintern.

Khrushchev N.S. on the lower rostrum of the mausoleum among Moscow leaders.

A column of anti-fascists with an effigy of Mussolini passes by, Stalin and Voroshilov respond to greetings from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Zhdanov A.A. and the leaders of Leningrad on the rostrum during the May Day demonstration of 1936. View of part of the demonstration on Uritsky (Palace) Square.

Workers are walking with the banners of their enterprises.

A model of a ship passes by.

A column of athletes marches.

A column of Red Navy sailors passes through the square.

Commander of the Leningrad District troops I.P. Belov and M.S. Chudov on the tribune.

Red Army soldiers and commanders shout "hurray" before the start of the parade.

Military parade on Uritsky Square in Leningrad.

Views of the square with military units lined up on it (from above).

Kosior S.V., Postyshev P.P. and leaders of the Ukrainian SSR on the tribune during the May Day demonstration in Kiev.

Military parade on Khreshchatyk on May 1, 1935. Cavalry and horse artillery at the parade.

Postyshev greets the passing troops.

Engineering units and armored vehicles move along Khreshchatyk.

Postyshev and Petrovsky G.I. on the tribune during the parade and demonstration.

Young Pioneers greet the leaders of the republic.

Yakir I.E. among the military during the May Day celebrations in Kyiv.

May Day demonstration of 1935 on Khreshchatyk.

Pioneers and schoolchildren pass by.

Postyshev and Petrovsky respond to the greetings of the demonstration participants from the tribune.

Views of the May Day demonstration in Stalinsk, Kemerovo Region.