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Samantha

Samantha Smith shows the letter from the Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to reporters at her home.

Articles about Samantha and her letter to Yuri Andropov appeared in newspapers around the world. Here Samantha looks at an article about her in a Bulgarian newspaper. Many other articles are fastened to the wall behind her.

Samantha and her father prepare to leave Maine on the first flight of their trip to the Soviet Union. Jane Smith, not in the pictures, sits in nearby seat on the small plane.

Starting their tour of Moscow, Samantha, Arthur, and Jane Smith explore the Kremlin

Samantha enjoys a boat ride on the Black Sea with Natasha Kashirina, her friend in Artek.

Samantha, her mother, and her friend Natasha stand by the fountains in front of Czar Peter the Great's Summer Palace.

Shortly after returning home to Maine, Samantha Smith receives the key to the city of Manchester

During a trip to Japan, Samantha visits the printing section of the Yomiuri newspaper.

Returning home from California after acting fr "Lime Street," Samantha gets a big hug from her father.

Waiting to board a plane at the airport in Maine, Samantha studies her lines for an episode of "Lime Street."

Samantha and her father share a moment together before leaving on one of their trips.

The Soviet government issued this stamp to honor Samantha Smith's work to achieve greater understanding among the people and nations of the world.

Jane Smith stands beside "The People of Maine's Memorial to Samantha Smith" near Maine state capitol in Augusta.

Joan Benoit Samuelson, the Olympic marathon champion from Maine, appears with Jane Smith to announce "Joanie's Jam for Sam." All the money from the sale of this hondmade Maine blueberry jam goes to support the work of the Samantha Smith Foundation.

In 1986 Jane Smith returned to the Soviet Union with a group of Samantha's classmates. Here she is greeted by Natasha Kashirina (left) in Leningrad's "House of Friendship and Peace with the Peoples of Foreign Countries"