1966 Press Photo Russian Deputy Premier Nikolai Baibakov before Supreme Soviet

Pledges strengthened Soviet defense - Deputy Premier Nikolai K. Baibakov, below, promises members of the Supreme Soviet meeting in Moscow today that Russia's defenses will be strengthened. Officials of the Supreme Soviet sit in row behind him. In rear is a group of Soviet Communist party Politburo members who are, from left: Gennady I. Voronov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Alexander N. Shelepin (partly hidden), President Kokolai V. Podgorny, Arvid Y. Pelshe, Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, First Deputy Premier Kirill T. Mazurox, Communist party boss Leonid Brezhnev and Andrei P. Kirilenko.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 10.25 x 7 inches.