MOSCOW, May 27. We continue the series of materials about a unique collection of digitized attributed photographs from the repository, which contains more than three million frames. The earliest date back to the middle of the 19th century. Employees of the Visual Projects Service conduct scientific work to find reliable information about historical photographs of different years.
The photographs from the cult series of works by the outstanding photojournalist Anatoly Garanin, who accompanied the head of the Soviet Union to the United States and covered all the events of this historic visit, are of particular interest.< br />The first photo shows the head of the Soviet government, head of the CPSU Nikita Khrushchev at the entrance to the Carlton House Hotel in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), where he stayed during the first official visit to the United States in the history of Soviet-American relations, September 24, 1959.
For the world community, the news that American President Dwight Eisenhower invited his main enemy to visit the United States in the fall of 1959 came as a complete surprise. And the reason for this is the cold war between the two nuclear powers in the period from 1946 to the end of the 1980s. The trip was necessary to defuse relations between the two countries after the sharp speeches of the Soviet leader at the end of 1958 on the German and Berlin issues. The world media showed great interest in the upcoming visit, and the US State Department accredited at least 2.5 thousand American and foreign journalists and photojournalists, of which 41 were Soviet. Close attention was also from the local residents, who warmly welcomed the distinguished foreign guest.
The visit of the Soviet leader began on September 15, 1959. In 13 days, Khrushchev managed to visit the 20th Century Fox film studio in Los Angeles, the National Press Club in Washington, and the New York Economic Club. And also speak on American television, meet with representatives of business and public circles in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, was at the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce in Iowa and much more. The leaders of the two states held four meetings, two of them were behind closed doors.
An unusual story happened during a visit to a factory in Pittsburgh. Worker Kan Jackie made his way to Khrushchev, took out a cigar and asked him to accept it as a modest gift. Nikita Sergeevich takes a cigar, thanks him, and in return gives Jackie his wrist watch and a badge depicting a Soviet rocket that reached the moon.
Khrushchev spoke enthusiastically about President Eisenhower, and his speeches in the United States were constantly reduced to two two theses: the need to improve Soviet-American relations and the increased economic and military power of the USSR. Responding to the greetings of those meeting at Vnukovo airport, he jokingly said, paraphrasing the words of a famous song: «America is a good country, and Russia is the best!» jpg» media-type=»photo» data-crop-ratio=»0.667535853976532″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»401″ data-source-sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1282″ decoding=»async» />
Head of the Soviet government, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Nikita Khrushchev makes a report at the XIV session of the UN General Assembly in New York during the first official visit to the United States in the history of Soviet-American relations, September 18, 1959.
In preparation for his trip to the United States, Khrushchev unexpectedly decided to speak in person at the opening of the regular session of the United Nations General Assembly, convened in September 1959 in New York. In this regard, it was necessary to shift the dates of the meeting with the US President, as well as to make adjustments to the upcoming visit of the Soviet delegation to China to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the revolution. The main theme of the Soviet leader's speech was the program of «general and complete disarmament» of all countries, the creation of an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding between states and the strengthening of the whole world.
Residents of the city of Des Moines (Iowa) greet a distinguished guest, September 22, 1959.
Residents of Des Moines warmly welcomed the head of the Soviet government. The streets were filled with people. Schools in the city were closed on September 22, and on the eve of Nikita Khrushchev's arrival, they held a special lesson in Russian history. A crowd of twenty-five thousand had gathered at the entrance to the Fort Des Moines Hotel, where Khrushchev was staying, and in the surrounding streets. It spread horizontally, and in front of the hotel itself rose vertically. The fact is that opposite was a multi-storey garage with a spirally rising entrance for cars. Residents filled all the turns of the track. They waved their hands and greeted the distinguished foreign guest with exclamations. fotoarkhiv-1872602760.html» data->