Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, in the early 1970s. After being devastated by an intense earthquake in 1966 (7,5 on the Richter scale), it was rebuilt as a Soviet “model city”. (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
Brežnev at Komsomol convention, 1974
Leonid Brezhnev (1906 – 1982) signs autographs during the convention of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (“Komsomol”), in the Kremlin Palace (Moscow) 24th – 30th April 1974. At that time, the league counted 34 millions members among Soviet youths (source: Novost agency). (photo: URSS 75 yearbook © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
Kiev-Boryspil’ airport, early 1970s
Kiev-Boryspil airport, near Kiev (Ukraine), in the early 1970s. The plane maneuvering in front of the terminal building (towed by a “GAZ” truck) is a 1967 Tupolev–Tu134 (Туполев Ту-134) in Aeroflot’s color scheme: please note the “СССР” registration prefix on the tail. (photo: URSS 75 yearbook © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
Leonid Brežnev in Poland, 1974
Leonid Brezhnev (1906 – 1982), general secretary of the Communist Party and Chariman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, during his official visit to Poland of 19th – 22th July 1974. At that time Poland was celebrating the 30 anniversary of its independence after the liberation from the Nazis. However, it was not exactly independent because it had become a satellite state …
