[Soviet ship Okhotsk leaving Cuba loaded with three fuselages from IL28 jet bombers] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Soviet ship Okhotsk leaving Cuba loaded with three fuselages from IL28 jet bombers] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/ce02988e9bea-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Soviet ship Okhotsk leaving Cuba loaded with three fuselages from IL28 jet bombers], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Soviet ship Okhotsk leaving Cuba loaded with three fuselages from IL28 jet bombers]
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The Soviet freighter Okhotsk, shown here leaving Cuba with three IL-28 jet bomber fuselages in its hold, carries one of the more concrete traces of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In late 1962, as the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the end of the standoff, Moscow agreed to pull its offensive missiles and related aircraft out of Cuba. The IL-28, a twin-engine Soviet bomber, was among the weapons systems that had been delivered to the island, and its removal by sea was a visible sign that the agreement was being carried out. Ships like this one were watched closely by American officials, so the image records a moment when the crisis was winding down.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1962 |
| Subjects | Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Warships--Russian--Cuba--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204353 |
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