Samantha Smith at collective farm, 1983
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Samantha Smith of Manchester (second from left), on a two-week trip to the Soviet Union to promote peace, visited a collective farm near the Black Sea town where she met members of a Pioneer Youth camp.
She wrote, "The directors of the farm did experiments on fruit, and they had a table set up out in the middle of an orchard with bowls of absolutely giant fruit."
Smith (1972-1985) had written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov asking him if he planned to start a war and urged peace. He invited her and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, to visit the Soviet Union.
Other Information
- Title: Samantha Smith at collective farm, 1983
- Creator: Smith, Arthur
- Creation Date: 1983
- Subject Date: 1983
- Media: Photograph
- Object Type: Image
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LC Subject Headings
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Cold War
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
Camps--Ukraine
Farms--Ukraine
Peace
Eating & drinking
Political activity
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Letters
International relations
Collective farms--Ukraine
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Children and peace
People
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