Awarding of L. I. Brezhnev

USSR. Moscow. October 13, 1980. General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the International Golden Mercury Prize Lorenzo Gallo (from right to left) in the Kremlin during the ceremony of presenting L.I. Brezhnev with the International Golden Mercury Prize, awarded to him for his outstanding contribution to strengthening peace and developing international cooperation. Vladimir Musaelyan, Eduard Pesov/TASS