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[What does everybody keep staring at?"]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Soviet Union |
| Description | Cartoon shows Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev holding a cocktail and standing with an albatross around his neck. The albatross is "The Pasternak affair." Boris Pasternak won the Nobel Prize in literature on October 23, 1958, and although he immediately accepted the award, pressure from the Soviet government forced him to refuse it a week later. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Scandals--Soviet Union--1950-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich,--1890-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Albatrosses--1950-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,--1894-1971. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Nobel prizes--1950-1960. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
