User:Zanimum/USSR Pavilion (Expo 67)

Soviet First Deputy Premier Dmitri S. Polyansky toured Canada in 1965, signing an agreement for regular air service between Montreal and Moscow. By 1966, the MS Alexandr Pushkin began a route between Montreal and Leningrad, the Baltic Shipping Company's first regular trans-Atlantic service.

One newspaper noted that many people will get to know Russians through the coming years, "particularly during Expo 67 when there will be more citizens of the Soviet Union in our midst than our Mounties could ever hope to identify, much less shadow."

A replica of the Sputnik I was on display.

Pianist Nikolai Petrov performed at Place des Arts, as part of the Expo World Festival.

Reception
The Canadian Press suggested the Soviet Union "almost seems to be celebrating its golden jubilee in Canada. Nothing taking place here this year is comparable in size with the effort the Russians have made to steal the show at Expo 67 in Montreal." The column noted that, unlike Canada's celebrations in almost every community, very little was being done in the U.S.S.R. to mark the 50th anniversary there.