In the photo published in the newspaper “Communist of Tajikistan” on June 21, 1941, the happy graduates of Stalinabad Secondary School No. 1: Gafur Khojaev enters Moscow University, Galya Nikolaeva – to the Theater School, Antonina Babanova – to the Medical Institute, Ilya Ilyabaev – to the Artillery Military School, Avner Poltielov – to the Flight School. Newspaper “Communist of Tajikistan”, June 21, 1941. Photo by N. Sofin
June, noon, June 14, 1941, Lux department store. People are rushing to work and on errands. In a week, not a trace will remain of this idyll; thousands of townspeople will go to the front. Trains with wounded soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, evacuated residents of Moscow and Leningrad and other cities of the Soviet Union will begin to arrive in Stalinabad, and the war will last for four long years. In the meantime, it’s a beautiful day, the dial shows 11.25. and a peaceful sky overhead. Newspaper “Tojikistoni Surkh”, June 14, 1941, photo by Eshmukhammadov
Hundreds of Stalinabad pioneers went to pioneer camps, and excellent students received vouchers to Artek. Newspaper “Pioneer of Tajikistan”, June 8, 1941.
On June 18, an evening dedicated to the memory of the writer A.M. was held in the park of culture and recreation. Gorky. Newspaper “Communist of Tajikistan”, June 20, 1941. Photo sketch by N. Sofin “We know how to relax well”
On June 5, 1941, the republic’s chess tournament ended. Senkevich became the champion of the republic. Newspaper “Tojikistoni Surkh”, June 5, 1941
Vacationers on Komsomolskoye Lake in Stalinabad. Newspaper “Tojikistoni Surkh”, June 7, 1941, photo by Parashchuk
At the city hippodrome of Stalinabad, pioneer Khalil Yuldashev takes an obstacle on a horse named Crimea. He told the author of the photo strip that he named the horse Crimea in memory of his stay at Artek. In 1942, Yuldashev presented the horse to Colonel General N.E. Berzarin, the future commandant of Berlin in 1945. Newspaper “Tojikistoni Surkh”, June 5, 1941, photo by S. Kurbanov
A trade union-Komsomol cross-country begins in Stalinabad. Hundreds of athletes will take to the start line. The cross-country program includes men’s 1000 and 3000 meters, women’s 500 and 1000 meters, boys’ 1,000 meters and girls’ 500 meters. Newspaper “Communist of Tajikistan”, June 21, 1941, photo by N. Sofin
An electrocardiography room has been opened at the Stalinabad city clinic No. 1. Newspaper “Communist of Tajikistan”, June 20, 1941, photo by Zaitsev
Girls graduates of the Stalinabad factory training school No. 1, dressmakers. Since the beginning of the war, we spent most of our time working on sewing machines, making uniforms for the Red Army soldiers. Newspaper “Tojikistoni Surkh”, June 9, 1941
