A visit by Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Nikolai Podgorny, 4th left, to Somalia. July 8-12, 1974. The send-off ceremony at the Vnukovo airfield. 3rd left: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Andrei Gromyko. 5th left: Chairman of the Committee for State Security (KGB) Yury Andropov. 6th left: Head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Boris Ponomaryov.
