6th World Festival of Youth and Students
th world festival youth student held july august moscow capital city union soviet socialist republic festival attracted people country became possible political change initiated nikita khrushchev first world festival youth student held soviet union khrushchev reform known khrushchev thaw resulted change soviet union foreigner could come visit people allowed meet foreigner albeit group supervision soviet foreign language student acted interpreter minor international incident provoked around attendance leftwing iraqi writer gaib tuma farman festival iraqi government revoked farmans citizenship abroad effectively stranding moscow stateless person situation resolved intervention chinese delegation agreed officially invite farman beijing went work foreign language press jazz musician aleksei kozlov chance play foreign musician popular ensemble druzhba leningrad became winner first prize popular music thanks lead singer edita piekha star could sing many language edita piekha vladimir troshin international guest festival together performed popular song moscow night reverend warren mckenna joanne grant sally belfrage folk singer peggy seeger attended festival part u delegation later went propaganda trip communist china festival sport program featured athletics competition festival significant influx afrorussians mixed race african descended child called festival child appearance timing birth