Yakov Malik in 1970
Blackpool Illuminations
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Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival that started on 18 September 1879, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Also known locally
Yakov Malik
…and the resolution requiring the selection of Special Envoy to Czechoslovakia). In 1955, as Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom, he switched on the Blackpool Illuminations. From 1967 to 1971 he was the head of the Africa department of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this time he initiated the covert operation…
Illuminations along Blackpool Promenade with the Blackpool Tower in the background.
Illuminated tram on Blackpool promenade
Gynn Square
Illuminated Western Train Tramcar