When members of the Soviet Union's north pole expedition returned home they were greeted affectionately by dictator Josef Stalin

Joseph Stalin, head of the Soviet Union, welcomes I. T. Spirin, chief navigator of a north pole expedition, with a kiss on the cheek.

Publication date: 1937-07-06

Size: 6.9 x 9.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Kissing--1930-1940
• Spirin, I. T. (Ivan Timofeevich)--Public appearances--1930-1940
• Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Public appearances--1930-1940
• Navigators--Russian--1930-1940
• Explorers--Russian--1930-1940
• Dictators--Soviet Union--1930-1940
• Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--People--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (July 6, 1937), Section Two/Finance/Commerce, p. 30

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