Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin – Spress https://en.spress.net Spress is a general newspaper in English which is updated 24 hours a day. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:05:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191965906 Memorable moments when the US President met the leader of Russia https://en.spress.net/memorable-moments-when-the-us-president-met-the-leader-of-russia/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:05:11 +0000 https://en.spress.net/memorable-moments-when-the-us-president-met-the-leader-of-russia/ Over the past century, the leaders of Russia and the United States have met many times, sometimes in a confrontational mood, sometimes advocating a warm relationship. Such events are always of special interest to world public opinion.
US President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Summit in Geneva (Switzerland) on June 16. This is the most recent meeting between the leaders of Russia and the US.

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (far left) and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (centre) attend the Yalta Conference in the Soviet Union in 1945. Three politicians meet to discuss plans post-war Europe. Photo: Getty Images In this 1945 photo, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and US President Harry Truman at the Potsdam Conference, Germany. Photo: Getty Images Soviet leader Nikolai Bulganin (far left) and US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pose for a photo while meeting on the sidelines of the conference in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1955. Next to the two leaders is French Prime Minister Edgar Faure and his British counterpart Anthony Eden. Photo: Getty Images Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev chats with US President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House in 1959. Accompanying them are two wives Nina Khrushcheva and Mamie Eisenhower. Photo: AP Soviet leader Khrushchev shook hands with US President John F. Kennedy when they met at a two-day summit in Vienna (Austria) in 1961. Photo: Getty Images US President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev at a conference in Washington, DC in 1973. Photo: Getty Images Mr. Nixon (left) and Mr. Brezhnev reunited in Moscow in 1974. Photo: AP Soviet leader Brezhnev and US President Gerald Ford on a train in Vladivostok in 1974. Through this summit, the two sides agreed to limit arms. Photo: Getty Images US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev chat by a fire in Geneva in 1985. Photo: Getty Images President George HW Bush walks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Mr. Reagan in New York in 1988. Photo: AP President George HW Bush and Mr. Gorbachev at the Moscow summit in 1991. Then the Soviet Union disintegrated and the Cold War ended. Photo: Getty Images Russian President Boris Yeltsin with his US counterpart Bill Clinton at a joint press conference in New York in 1995. Photo: Getty Images President Bill Clinton shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Japan in 2000. Photo: Getty Image Russian leader Putin and US President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas in 2001. Photo: AFP US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in the Czech Republic in 2010. Photo: Getty Images President Putin hands his US counterpart Donald Trump a soccer ball after the summit in Helsinki (Finland) 2018. Photo: Getty Images

]]> 23273 Admire the ‘Stalin buildings’ in a foreign country similar to the ‘7 sisters’ in Moscow https://en.spress.net/admire-the-stalin-buildings-in-a-foreign-country-similar-to-the-7-sisters-in-moscow/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:35:12 +0000 https://en.spress.net/admire-the-stalin-buildings-in-a-foreign-country-similar-to-the-7-sisters-in-moscow/ These ‘Stalin’ skyscrapers are still considered one of the most magnificent and tallest buildings in several countries, next to the ‘7 sisters’ in Moscow, Russian Federation.
“7 sister buildings” is one of the most characteristic buildings in the Russian capital of Moscow, built in the years 1940-1950 under the idea of ​​Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Similar “Stalin-style” buildings were also built under Soviet projects abroad. Among them are not only apartment buildings, but also hotels, office buildings and even the Academy of Sciences.

1. Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland This 187 meter high building (including the 270 meter spike roof) was built in the center of the Polish capital Warsaw as a “gift from the people of the Soviet Union”. Participated in the construction of the Palace of Culture and Science with more than 3,000 workers from 1952 to 1955. Initially, architect Lev Rudnev (who previously designed the main building of Moscow State University) planned to build the building. a more modest house, only 120 meters high. However, the Soviet leadership finally decided to build the massive building. At that time, the construction process was regularly reported in the press. Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. Photo: Nagy Gyula / FORTEPAN (CC BY-SA 3.0); Pannini (CC0 1.0). Today, inside this 42-story building, there is an observation area, exhibition galleries, office spaces, 4 theaters, 4 museums, Polish Academy of Sciences, movie theaters and even a swimming pool. Currently, this is still the tallest building in Poland. 2. International Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic Today, this 16-story building cannot be called a skyscraper, but in the mid-1950s it stood out in ancient Prague with its low-rise buildings. However, it is still one of the largest buildings in the capital of the Czech Republic. Inside the building was supposed to be serviced apartments, as well as government buildings, but later it was decided to build hotels. The interiors of the hall are decorated with mosaic paintings of Czech folk art and the Prague landscape. International Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. Photo: Simon Legner (CC BY-SA 4.0). Up to now, the building still preserves a civil defense shelter that can accommodate 600 people. Currently, this basement is converted to a storage room for building staff. 3. Free press supply in Bucharest, Romania Inside this building built in the 1950s, there was the “Skynteya” Newsroom – the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Romania. From 1960 to 1990, on the square in front of the building there was a monument to Lenin. Before 2007, it was the tallest building in Romania – 92 meters excluding the 12-meter high antenna. The building is even pictured on Romania’s largest denomination bill of 100 Leu. Free press supply in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Legion Media 4. The Latvian Academy of Sciences building in Riga The building for scientists was designed by Latvian architects in the style of Moscow buildings. This place is now home to the headquarters of the research institutes of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, the research centers of Latvian language and culture, and at an altitude of 65 meters is the observation area. 1960s and present-day buildings. Photo: Naum Granovsky / TASS; Sjaak Kempe (CC BY 2.0) The interior of the building underwent changes in 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, people removed all the “ideological” reliefs of Lenin and Stalin, and on the sharp roof removed the star shape. . 5. The Largo Complex in Sophia, Bulgaria Three “Stalin-style” buildings in the center of the Bulgarian capital Sophia were built in the mid-1950s for the public administration. The center court is the seat of the Communist Party of Bulgaria (today the venue for the meetings of the Bulgarian Parliament). In the next building is the Council of Ministers and Department of General Department, the other is the Presidential Palace, the Ministry of Education and the “Balkany” hotel. The Largo Complex in Sophia, Bulgaria. Photo: Legion Media In 2000, the Lenin monument was replaced with the statue of “Saint Sophia”, and the star on the sharp roof was replaced by the Romanian flag. 6. Buildings in Kharkov, Ukraine An apartment building in the center of the city of Kharkov in Ukraine is a true beauty spot. After World War II, the central Kharkov area suffered heavy losses. In the 1950s, on the site of war-torn houses, this building was built for turbine factory workers. Interestingly, one side of the gable was completely different from the rest of the building. Specifically, the building was built in the 1960s under the first Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev, who opposed cumbersome architectural styles. Buildings in Kharkov, Ukraine. Documentary photos; Vladimir Korsunsky (CC BY 3.0). 7. Exhibition Center Shanghai, China In 1955, in Shanghai, inaugurated the Soviet-China Friendship House. This building was built by Soviet experts, and the decoration was by Chinese architects. Exhibition Center Shanghai, China. Photo: Fayhoo (CC BY-SA 3.0). On the surface, this building is quite similar to the main exhibition hall of the USSR’s National Economic Achievements Exhibition. The author of the project is architect Viktor Andreev, who also designed the Moscow Pavilion. Currently this building is used to organize trade shows.

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