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Students at tables in Stalingrad, Image Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

Interior view with students seated at tables. Location believed to be Stalinabad, Tajikistan and may have been a library which the Harriman party visited. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. Original 35mm negative.

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Moscow University During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

Interior view with a group of men and students taken at Moscow University. W. Averell Harriman is standing, third from the right. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is second from the right. The students gathered around are Americans studying at Moscow University. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

W. Averell Harriman and Charles W. Thayer Visiting Moscow University During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

Interior view with a group of men and students seated around a circular table. W. Averell Harriman is seated just to the left of the vase on the table. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is to the right of Harriman and Charles Thayer is on the left. Inscription of back of photograph reads: "Gov. Harriman, Rector Petrovski and other members of university faculty talking to U.S. students currently studying at Moscow University." Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W.

W. Averell Harriman and Charles W. Thayer Visiting Moscow University During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

Interior view with a group of men and students seated around a circular table. Bust of Vladimir Lenin is behind them. W. Averell Harriman is seated just to the right of the vase on the table. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is to the right of Harriman and Charles Thayer is to the left just in front of the bust. The students are Americans studying at Moscow University. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Moscow University During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in the center of the picture. Ivan Petrovsky is second from the right and they are talking to a group of unidentified students. The inscription on the back of the photograph reads: "Gov. Harriman and Mr. Petrovski, Rector of Moscow University chatting with American students at university." Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

W. Averell Harriman and Charles W. Thayer Visiting Moscow University During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

Interior view with a group of men and students seated around a circular table. Bust of Vladimir Lenin is behind them on the left. W. Averell Harriman is seated in the center of the table. Ivan Petrovsky, Rector of Moscow University, is to the right of Harriman and Charles Thayer is to the left of Harriman. Inscription reads: "Gov. Harriman at Moscow University talking with Rector Ivan G. Petrovski and American students currently studying at the university." Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W.