Book VII Print 77: Soviet Vice Premier Anastas Mikoyan delivering speech

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Title: Book VII Print 77: Soviet Vice Premier Anastas Mikoyan delivering speech
Creator: From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Contributor: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
From the Collection: Stone, David C.
Published / Created: 1960 February 5
Description: Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan as he completes his speech in Havana's Central Park after depositing a floral arrangement at the foot of the monument to José Martí. It also shows him departing for his next activity, the inauguration of the Soviet Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, which would be attended by Fidel Castro, Osvaldo Dorticós and other dignitaries. Mikoyan is shown with unidentified members of a Cuban security detail that shield him from the crowd as they press in to shake his hand. See also Prints 29, 41, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 80, 83, 92, 93, 101, 102, 106, and Contact Book VIII; for images related to Mikoyan's floral offering and related anti-Soviet student protest, see Prints 74, 77, 78, 81, 95, 96 and 98.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew St. George in 1969 and from David C. Stone in 1970. Gift of Adolfas Mekas, 2010. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English
Spanish

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 5, folder 520

Access: Public
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Citation: Cuban Revolution Collection (MS 650). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.