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Found photos of a tour of Russia in the 70s.
The descriptions are taken from the back of each photo.
 LENINGRADOne of our Intourist guides while in Russia. Always well informed but brainwashed by the system. |  MOSCOWSt. Basil's Cathedral on a cold snowy day, but good for all seasons. |  TSARSKOE SELODumb American still wandering around lost. |
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 SUZDALWindmills, 11th and 12th cent. |  SUZDALWooden and log churches of the 12th cent. |  SUZDALa winter vista |
 TSARSKOE SELOTroika rides in the great park of the palace. |  LENINGRADMemorial to the Fall - A Chopin Etude played softly, breaking the snowy silence. |  LENINGRADMemorial to the Fallen - Flowers are brought daily. The wall is engraved with a Russian poem. |
 MOSCOWInside the Kremlin. Cannon made for Ivan the Terrible. |  MOSCOWFaces in the crowd, glum, insular A smile completely shatters them, they don't know how to handle it. |  MOSCOWView from my hotel window, sunrise 4 March 1977. |
 MOSCOWRussians and tourists queing up two abreast to visit the tomb. Mine was an hour wait in a cold wind and snow. |  LENINGRADCruiser Aurora - This ship's crew sided with Bolsheviks, firing blank shells into the Winter Palace. |  LENINGRADYoung USSR Navy Cadets coming to visit the historic battleship Aurora. |
 LENINGRADBeautifully executed ship model in bronze in park in front of the Leningrad Hotel. |  LENINGRADFormer palace, now headquarters of Executive Committee of Commun. Party - Note medals awarded city as Hero City. |  LENINGRADNicholas I Monument - Cathedral of Isaac, patron saint of Peter the Great. |
 LENINGRADLeningrad Hotel - Hotel where General Tours was quartered for the 3 day stay. |
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