Solemn meeting at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, dedicated to the 410th anniversary of the death of the Polish scientist N. Copernicus; the meeting is opened by the president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR AN Nesmeyanov; AA Mikhailov, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, makes a presentation; on the podium, Ambassador of the Polish People's Republic to the USSR V. Levikovsky. Exhibition of publications of the works of N. Copernicus and works dedicated to his life and scientific discoveries.