1969 Press Photo Soviet cosmonauts of Soyuz 6,7,8 with Kremlin leaders, Moscow

Soviet cosmonauts of Soyuz 6,7,8 with Kremlin leaders, Moscow. The seven Soviet cosmonauts of Soyuz 6,7 and 8 walk with top Kremlin leaders as they are given heroes' welcome by crowd at Moscow airport Wednesday. Left to right are Colonel Vladimir Shatalov, engineer Vladislav Volkov, Colonel Georgy Shonin, engineer Alexei Yeliseyev, Colonel Anatoly Filipchenko, Colonel Viktor Gorbatko, Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, President Nikolai Podgorny and Premier Alexei Kosygin. The seventh cosmonaut, engineer Valery Kubasov, is obscured behind Shatalov.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.