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View Taken While W. Averell Harriman Was Touring the Soviet Union in 1959

2008-1354
Accession Number
2008-1354
2.75x2.75
Black & White
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NAID 350476788
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Historic buildings
HST Keywords
Soviet Union; Uzbekistan
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Description
Exterior view of what may be the ruins of the Bibi Khanum mosque or other historic ruins located in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie toured in this area during their visit to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell 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)
June 1959