Bidspirit Auktion | [Soviet, for export. VI World

[Soviet, for export. VI World Festival of Youth and Students, 1957]. Lomonosov Moscow State University : [Album] / Photographs by G. Petrusov [etc.]; Ed. by S. Iodlovich. - Moscow: Izogiz, 1957. - 1 p. ill. folded to [32] pp.; 14,5x11,5 cm. - Description: Original illustrated cover. Album apparently published for 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1957. Photographs by G. Petrusov, D. Sholomovich, M. Trakhmann, A. Sorokin. Designed by E. Golyakhovsky. Captions of photos are in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi and Arabic. Information: The VI World Festival of Youth and Students is an international youth festival that was held on July 28, 1957 in Moscow. The guests of the festival were 34,000 people from 131 countries of the world. The slogan of the festival is ”For Peace and Friendship”. Moscow State University is a public research university in Moscow, Russia, and the most prestigious university in the country. The main building of University was built in 1949-1953 by architects Boris Iofan, Lev Rudnev, Sergey Chernyshev, Pavel Abrosimov, Alexander Khryakov and engineer Vsevolod Nasonov. Vera Mukhina's workshop worked on the sculptural design of the facades. Until the 1990s, the building was the tallest in Europe. Defects: By request.