A Soviet party and governmental delegation, led by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev, 4th left, at the celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic. The wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to renowned figures of the German revolutionary movement. 2nd left: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Andrei Gromyko. 3rd right: Minister of Defense of the USSR Andrei Grechko. 4th right: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany Erich Honecker. Right: Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic Willi Stoph.