Gift from Leningrad, painting, N. Veselova, V. Zagonek, A. Rubin and Y. Tulin, USSR c. 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1850 From the Soviet Press 1959: "Gift from Leningrad depicts the assembly of a turbine for the Tsimlyanskaya Hydroelectric Station. The big dams built in the last decade to harness the power of the country's rivers have served as background for many paintings. Thousands of young people came to work on these gigantic projects . More often than not the construction sites