The World Festival of Youth and Students held in Moscow in 1957 wasn't the first of its kind, but definitely the most important. It opened the world and the closed Soviet Union to each other.
Organized by several international left-wing youth organizations, Festivals of Youth and Students had been held since 1947, mainly in Eastern Bloc countries. When the sixth festival came to the Soviet capital 10 years later it was the largest until then, with 34,000 people from 131 countries attending.
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