"Epigraff" Ridden by Jockey Vladimir Prakhov
Moscow: Training in snow-covered fields near here is one of the Russian hopes for the Grand National "Epigraff" ridden by jockey Vladimir Prakhov.
The horse, with two others, will soon exchange the snow of Moscow for the green fields of Aintree to...
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"Griffin" Ridden by Jockey Ivan Abdeyev
It's heaving flanks covered with a fine layer of snow, a stallion gallops through the white fields of outer Moscow in training for England's biggest race, the "Grand National". This horse —"Griffin"— is one of three steeplechasers with which the R...
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Haile Selassie Arrives in Moscow
Moscow: On the Vnukovo Airfield near Moscow, the Soviet Prime Minister, Nikita S. Khrushchev, (right) welcomes Emperor Haile Selassie (left) of Ethiopia, when he arrived with his party in Moscow for a visit.
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Titov In Training Before Take-off
Moscow: Major Gherman Stepanovich Titov, the second Soviet cosmonaut who landed safely today after orbitting the earth 17 times, is pictured here being trained on a centrifuge device before take-off.
Moscow Radio said Titov landed in "Vostok II" a...
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Titov at Press Conference
Moscow, USSR: Major Gherman Titov at today's Press conference here on the occasion of his successful cosmic flight in Russia's second spaceship Vostok II. He gave a full report of the flight. Although without previous experience of public speaking...
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Yuri Gagarin at the 'May Day' Parade
The picture on top shows Major Yuri Gagarin (centre), the world's first spaceman, standing between Soviet premier Nikita Krushev (left) and President Leonid Brezhnev on a balcony of the Lenin Mausoleum to watch the traditional 'May Day' parade in ...
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