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Soviet General With Boy Cadets

2008-1199
Accession Number
2008-1199
6.5x8.25
Black & White
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NAID 350479004
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Children
Cold War
Generals
Military cadets
HST Keywords
Soviet Union
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Description
Interior view of an unidentified Soviet General shown inspecting a group of boy cadets who are standing below a portrait of Joseph Stalin. Two identifications with photograph. (1) "Military training begins young behind the Curtain. Here a Soviet General smiles benignly on 10 year old military cadets." (2) "A Soviet officer inspects a group of military cadets. These boys attend one of the many military and naval schools in the Soviet Union accepting boys from 10 to 17 years of age. Their training is supervised by Soviet Army and Navy officers."
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