Moscow, 25th July 1974: first session of the”Supreme Soviet”, the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union, after the elections of 16th June. (photo: URSS 75 yearbook © 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 …
Zaporizhia automobile building plant in 1970s
ZAZ is the main automobile manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia: its name is in fact the acronym of “Zaporiz’kyj Avtomobilebudivel’nyj Zavod” (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ, Запорізький автомобілебудівельний завод), meaning exactly “Zaporizhia automobile building plant”. During Soviet Era, ZAZ designed and built a series of compact–cars (called “Zaporozhets”) accessible to the public. In this early 1970s pictures you can see some ZAZ-968‘s being assembled in the Zaporizha …
