Books and children - Sasha reading about Lenin – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Books and children - Sasha reading about Lenin
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A young boy named Sasha, shown reading a book about Lenin, anchors this November 1960 photograph taken in Moscow. The picture comes from Fotokhronika TASS, the photo agency of the Soviet news service TASS, which produced a steady stream of images meant to show everyday life under the Soviet system. Reading about Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet state, was a common part of school and home life for children in that era, and the image captures the official emphasis on political education alongside ordinary childhood. The caption appears in both Russian and English, a sign that the photograph was intended for international audiences as well as domestic ones.
| Created / published | 1960 Nov. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1960. |
| Notes | Title from item. Photo by V. Lagrange, Fotokhronika TASS, Nov. 1960. No. 466949. Printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Captioned in Russian and English. |
| Subjects | Children--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--1960. Reading--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,187 × 5,131 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-209160 |
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