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Description
Samantha Smith of Manchester visited the Soviet Union in the summer of 1983 at the invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after she had written him a letter expressing her concern about nuclear war and asking if he planned to start a war.
Smith and a young Soviet friend, Natasha Kashirina, are looking at ballet shoes Samantha received from ballet star Alla Sizova of the Kirov Ballet. The toe shoes are autographed.
About This Item
- Title: Samantha Smith and Natasha Kashirina, Leningrad, 1983
- Creator: Arthur Smith
- Creation Date: 1983
- Subject Date: 1983
- Location: UR
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
- Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
- Ballerinas
- Camps--Ukraine
- Children and peace
- Cold War
- International relations
- Letters
- Peace
- Political activity
- Shoes
- Sizova, Alla, (1939-)--Associated objects
- Slippers
- Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
- Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
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Maine State MuseumMaine State Museum, 230 State Street, Augusta, ME 04330
207-287-2301
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