1971 Press Photo Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny & politicians applaud, Moscow

Russia Government. Moscow. Leonid Brezhnev, front row, second from left, Soviet Communist party chief, joins other Russian leaders in applause after his keynote address Tuesday opening the party's 24th Congress in Moscow. In front row, from left, are Mikhail A. Suslov, Brezhnev, Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny and Premier Alexi N. Kosygin. This picture is from Tass, the Soviet agency.

Photo is dated 1971.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.