CHRUSZCZOW, NIXON and kitchen debate.

CHRUSZCZOW, NIXON and kitchen debate.

Photograph. Russia 1959 Dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm. On the back stamp: "TV TOPICS Picture No. 4".
Good condition. At the end of 1958, the United States and the Soviet Union decided to organize national exhibitions that would bring the everyday life of ordinary people closer to the citizens of both powers. The rulers of both countries feared a nuclear conflict, so it was decided to bring the mortal enemies closer together. First, a Soviet exhibition opened in New York, and a month (July 24, 1959) later in Sokolniki (Moscow Park) an American one. During the exhibition in the American kitchen, there was an "aggressive" exchange between Khrushchev and Nixon (Vice President at the time). During the debate, Khrushchev got a little sweaty and wanted a drink, at which point Donald M. Kendall (vice president for marketing at Pepsi) offered the Soviet leader a Pepsi drink, but pointed out that Nikita could try the original American product or Pepsi created with water from Moscow. Nikita, of course, chose the "Soviet" version and said it was much better than the American one, and encouraged everyone gathered to drink that version. Of course, there was no Soviet version.