Soviet Entertainment
This file appears in: Cold War Thaw: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour - Stop 4
The Soviets, like the other foreign exhibitors, brought with them a host of entertainers. Here we see Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev, two Soviet figure skaters performing at Expo.
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
This file appears in: Cold War Thaw: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour - Stop 4
Cold War Thaw: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour - Stop 4
The 1974 World's Fair took place against a backdrop of improving relations between the United States and Soviet Russia. In May of 1972, USSR officials and President Nixon signed an environmental…