Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Leonid Brezhnev gives government awards Distinguished Artist of USSR NM Uzhviy, People's Artist of the USSR GP Jura, poet MN Bazhanov, People's Artist of the USSR BR Hmyrja, poet M. F. Rila and others. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR M. Rakhmatov presents the government award the People's Artist of the USSR N. Rachlin.