High-level meeting between Leonid Brezhnev, Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and President of France Valery Giscard d'Estaing, attended by Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. Leonid Brezhnev, left, and Edward Gierek at the Wilanow Palace in Warsaw, Polish People's Republic.19.05.1980#8183789
High-level meeting between Leonid Brezhnev, Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and President of France Valery Giscard d'Estaing, attended by Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. Valery Giscard d'Estaing, second left, and Edward Gierek, second right, at the Wilanow Palace in Warsaw, Polish People's Republic.19.05.1980#8183788
High-level meeting between Leonid Brezhnev, Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and President of France Valery Giscard d'Estaing, attended by Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. Journalists at the Wilanow Palace before the talks. Warsaw, Polish People's Republic.19.05.1980#8190079
Party leaders and heads of state from socialist countries arrive in Moscow to attend a meeting of the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact Members (Moscow, November 22-23, 1978). Greeting Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (left). Third right: USSR Minister of Defense Dmitry Ustinov.21.11.1978#8145431
A delegation of the Polish People's Republic arrives in Moscow to attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. Andrei Kirilenko (1st row, 3rd left), Member of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Edward Gierek (center), First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, Henryk Jablonski, Chairman of the Council of State of the People's Republic of Poland, and Piotr Jaroszewicz, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland, at Vnukovo Airport.07.11.1977#6522473
Delegation of the Polish United Workers' Party (PUWP) visits the AZLK (Automobile Plant named after Lenin's Komsomol (later on called Moskvich; phased out in 2010) On the photo: First Secretary of the PUWP Central Committee Edward Gierek (left) and the plant's Director Valentin Kolomnikov (center) during a conversation with an assembly worker in a shop.01.04.1976#5519893
Secretary General of the USSR Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev visits the Polish People's Republic to attend the 30th anniversary of the PPR, July 19-22, 1974. Leonid Brezhnev, second left, and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party Edward Gierek, right, on the stands for honorary guests during the military parade and youth parade in Warsaw.22.07.1974#8909581
Delegates of the Polish United Workers' Party (PUWP) tour Vladimir Ilyich Moscow Electromechanical Plant as part of their visit to the USSR aimed at attending the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The delegation's head, First Secretary of the PUWP Central Committee Edward Gierek talks with the plant workers.02.04.1971#5614974
The 24th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union held at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, March 30 – April 9, 1971. Edward Gierek, third right, first secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party and member of the party's political bureau, and Polish Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz, third left, are seen here during an intermission.30.03.1971#6641824
The 24th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union held at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, March 30 – April 9, 1971. From left: Edward Gierek, first secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party and member of the party's political bureau, and Polish Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz are seen here with the congress participants.30.03.1971#6641820
The 24th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) held at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, March 30 - April 9, 1971. Edward gierek, right, first secretary of the central committee of hte Polish United Workers' Party, and Prime Minister of POland Piotr Jaroszewicz, third left, are seen here ahead of the session.30.03.1971#6644380
A delegation of the Polish People's Republic, led by First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party Edward Gierek, 2nd left, arrives in the USSR to attend the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which took place from March 30 to April 9, 1971.29.03.1971#5614978
