Grand Kremlin Palace. 2nd Session of the USSR Supreme Soviet of the 11th Convocation. A joint meeting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities. In the first row, from left: member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev, member of the Politburo of the CPSU CC, USSR Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, member of the Politburo of the CPSU CC, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Nikolai Tikhonov and General Secretary of the CPSU CC, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Konstantin Chernenko. In the background: left - member of the CPSU CC, candidate member of the Politburo, First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Vasily Kuznetsov; right - member of the Politburo of the CPSU CC Heydar Aliyev.