In the Sverdlovsk Hall of the Moscow Kremlin, the chairman of the committee for the Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR in the field of literature, art and architecture N. S. Tikhonov presents diplomas and badges of the laureates of the State Prizes to artists O. N. Efremov, E. A. Evstigneev, A. I. Medvedkin (film director), M.L.Bieshu, Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR M.V. Alpatov, poet L.N. Martynov, artist N.Yu. Ignatov, etc. Present: Minister of Culture of the USSR P.N.Demichev, Head of the Department of Culture Central Committee of the CPSU V. F. Shauro, film director S. A. Gerasimov, composer T. N. Khrennikov. (neg. 149; pos. 147)