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

2008-1345
Accession Number
2008-1345
4.75x7
Black & White
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NAID 350477700
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Journalists
Students
Universities and colleges
HST Keywords
Russia; Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Petrovsky, Ivan Georgievich, 1901-1973
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Description
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. 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.
Date(s)
May 18, 1959