[Young farmers preforming a play for the collective, Aktau, USSR]

[John Steinbeck looking at a map with a man in uniform, USSR]

[Steinbeck covering his face at a dinner party, USSR]

[Child standing in a field in a communal farm, Aktau, USSR]

[Child standing in a field in a communal farm, Aktau, USSR]

[Farmers relaxing in the clubhouse of a collective farm, Aktau, USSR]

[Women harvesting grain on a communal farm, Aktau, USSR]

[Head of the farm committee studying a case, Aktau, USSR]