A gift from the delegation of the Netherlands-USSR Friendship Society, Amsterdam
96 pages with black and white photo reproductions + a map insert; the book narrating about the dam breach and the floods on February 1, 1953. The foreword by her Royal Highness with a dedication reads [translation]: “With the eternal gratitude to the people of the Soviet Union for the help in liberation of our country in 1945. The eternal gratitude of the Dutch people…”.
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The sword in the scabbard. A gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad
The United Kingdom ,
1943
The sword in the scabbard. A gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad
The inscription on the double-edged sword is made in two languages – English and Russian - and reads: “To the steel-hearted citizens of Stalingrad • the gift of king George vi • in token of the homage of the British people”. The sword was presented to I.V. Stalin in 1943 at the Tehran Conference.
Kumgan (a jar for water)
India ,
1963
Kumgan (a jar for water)
A gift from the sports delegation from India. It is made of yellow metal and is shaped as a narrow-necked jug with a long spout, a shaped handle and a high lid ending in a sharp spire; the lid is fixed to the handle; the body is round and has two flattened sides. The surface of the jug is decorated with red and blue small flowers and yellow twigs.
Notes and text of a Brazilian folk song “And the Danube escaped…”(O Danube azulou …)
Brazil ,
June 1953
Notes and text of a Brazilian folk song “And the Danube escaped…”(O Danube azulou …)
Notes and text of a Brazilian folk song "And the Danube escaped..."(O Danube azulou ...), performed during the war in connection with the victory at Stalingrad and the capture of Berlin. Recorded in a music notebook by a pianist Ionisie Katunda, who visited Stalingrad in June 1953. The notes and lyrics in a fake book (published in the USSR in 1952) were written by Eunice Katunda, a Brazilian pianist, who visited Stalingrad in June 1953. The inscription on the first page reads: “Marcha popular brasileira / Cantado durame a guerra por ocasiáo da vitoria de Stalingrado, alé a tomada de Berlim”