A solemn meeting dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Swedish naturalist Karl Linnaeus was held in Moscow on May 23, 1957 at the Central Lecture Hall of the All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge. View of the large auditorium of the lecture hall. The meeting is attended by: Academician N. V. Tsitsin, Professor S. S. Stankov, Professor E. G. Bobrov, Professor V. A. Varsanofieva, Counselor of the Swedish Embassy in the USSR Lenart Petri, Attaché of the Swedish Embassy Geran Lundstrem. Speeches are made by: E. G. Bobrov, N. V. Tsitsin, S. S. Stankov, V. A. Varsanofieva.