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A man who will immigrate the following day is having a farewell party in his Moscow apartment with his family and lifelong friends, who sing songs from their student days together.

People who want to immigrate are trying to get their papers approved at the Israeli consulate.

At a Moscow store, only one pair of shoes are avaiable. The poor economy in the Soviet Union and the hope for better quality of life in Israel was a primary reason for immigrating.

Family and friends of Russian jews immigrating to Israel watch as they depart at the airport in Moscow.

A man who died in famine is being covered with before he is transported to the cemetery. A family member watches.

A famine victim is being transported to a burial site as camels are being driven to market, where they will be sold both for meat as well as for beast of burden.

A young man who died in famine is being wrapped for burial, his eyes still open.

Bodies of famine victims after they were washed and wrapped in cloth and collected for burial set in one of the four cemetaries during a single morning. A covering slipped from a child's face as he was being carried.

A famine victim's dead body is being washed before burial.

A boy who died in famine is being wrapped in cloth for burial, according to custom.