These photos were taken by Thomas T. Hammond during his trip to the Soviet Union. The photos are unlabeled, so the exact locations and people are unknown. This specific image features a scene from a performance. // The classic post-war stage production of The Bedbug by Vladimir Mayakovsky. First run 1955, directed by Valentin Pluchek and Sergey Yutkevich. Lead role played by Vladimir Lepko (died 1963) and Andrey Mironov (from 1963, shown here)
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thomas_Taylor_Hammond" title="Category:Thomas Taylor Hammond">Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993)</a>
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