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Exterior view of a village street scene with both men and women in view. In the background appears to be some type of a fortress. Location not given. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. The location is thought to be Gori, Georgia, located in the Soviet Union at the time. Thayer's diary notes: "The principal landmark of Gori is the old ruined fortress on a small mountain dominating the town." Gori was the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.