W. Averell Harriman Touring a State Farm During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union
Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman walking in a farm field with cattle in the background. It may his interpreter behind him to the right. He may have been visiting the Viktorov State Farm not far from Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan. Thayer's typewritten account of the visit states "that the farm was started on the 15th of April in 1955." He also writes, "We attempted to find the beef cattle but were only shown the herd which was being milked to meet the demands of the Rudni mining town nearby." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.