This is 3rd in a series of posts sharing the photos my grandfather took in 1969 on a business trip to Moscow. For full context, read the start of part 1.
This post includes the Pioneer’s Palace and Novdevichy.
Pioneer Palace
Scientist delegates from each country attending a day of the International Electrotechnical Committee conference.
MGDTiYu Московский городской Дворец детского Москва МГДД(Ю)Т
User comments:
– Looking at their faces, most of them probably are gone.
– Another way to look at it, I wonder what their contributions were to the techonological advances of WW2.
Thanks to Flickr user der_spielmann for confirming that this is the interior of Pioneer’s Palace in Moscow’s Lenin Hills. On the right side is a sign with the logo for the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 1969 conference.
User comments:
– I was there once in 2000. Nothing changes – same trees and fishes in pools )) Sorry for my english ))
– Yes! One of those places in modern Moscow, where you still can feel the spirit of USSR. Thank you for your photos! I’m a amateur Kodachrome collector. It’s really amazing to look through them on a slide-projector =) Some kind of time-machine!
MGDTiYu Московский городской Дворец детского Москва МГДД(Ю)Т
In the center of the doors is the IEC 1969 conference sign.
Members of the IEC are headed into Moscow Pioneer’s Palace (thanks Flickr user masha!). With all of the briefcases, I assumed that the conference was held here, but this is a youth center… I love the mural, though.
User comments:
– It’s a Pioneer’s Palace on Sparrow Hills – www.flickr.com/photos/rappzula/4611611163/ More about Pioneer’s Palaces here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneers_Palace
– Thank you for sharing! It’s very interesting 🙂
Novdevichy
From Moscow River.
башня “Новодевичьего монастыряmoscow”.
Within Novodevichy Convent. “Новоде́вичий монасты́рь” “Церковь Спаса Преображения” “Собор Смоленской иконы Божией Матери”
User comments:
– Thank you for sharing these pictures, they are so interesting!
“Новоде́вичий монасты́рь”
Over Novodevichiy Pond. “Лужнецкий мост” “Новый Краснолужский”
Further reading
- Moscow 1969 Part 1, context and Red Square
- Moscow 1969 Part 3, Rossiya Hotel and Hotel Moscow
- Moscow 1969 Part 4, Bolshoi Theatre and Theatre Square
- Moscow 1969 Part 5, subways and buses
- Moscow 1969 Part 6, space museum
- Moscow 1969 Part 7, VDNKh and Archangelskoe
- Moscow 1969 Part 8, Kremlin
- Moscow 1969 Part 9, Moscow River
- Moscow 1969 Part 10, Kotelnicheskaya and MGU
- Moscow 1969 Part 11, Dubna and Moscow buildings
- Moscow 1969 Part 12, Lermontov and street vendors
- Sweden’s Atomic energy, 1960s photos and pamphlets
- And, until I cancel my Flickr account, here’s a link to photos by my grandfather from other cities around the world.