Figure 1.-- This school is identified and a reader has helped with the Cyliric script. The name of the school seems to be Zerpilavckar. And er can make out the No. 9. We can also make out that it was the 1960-61 school year. As the children are holding flowers to be presented to the teacher, we are guessing that it is the first day of school in 1960. Given the brick building in the background, it is clearly a town school. We are not sure if the No. 9 means the ninth school in a small town or the ninth school in a neigborhood of a large city. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the class.

This school is identified and a reader has helped with the Cyliric script. The name of the school seems to be Zerpilavckar. And er can make out the No. 9. Many Russian schools had numbrs rather than names. We can also make out that it was the 1960-61 school year. As the children are holding flowers to be presented to the teacher, we are guessing that it is the first day of school in 1960. Given the subtantial brick building in the background, it is clearly a town school. We are not sure if the No. 9 means the ninth school in a small town or the ninth school in a neigborhood of a city. The rough construction suggests to us tht it is probably not Moscow or Leningradm but perhaps readers will have some insights here. Many of the girls wear white pinafores that were popular for schoolwear. About half the children wear red Pioneer scarves. We are not sure why some of the children are not wearing them. Perhaps not all had earned them or many of the children did not take the scarves seriousy. There are three adults associated with the class, the man is presumably the principal of the school. The women may be a teacher and a teacher's helper. It was a fourth grade class, meaning that the children are about 9 years old. As it was 4-B, there were at least two 4th grade classes which gives some idea about the size of the school. A reader writes, "I think the first word is the name of the school. I think it says Zerpilavckar. If it was the first day of the school year then they had celebrated The First Bell. A performance of music and verse. At its end the ringing of the first bell for the comencement of school. I wonder if the neckerchief signify being a Young Pioneer was something that require a few lessons before a passing out ceremony."

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