Soviet Entertainment
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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
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Cold War Thaw
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 accord contributing to a general thawing of the…