Members of the Soviet Union Communist Party Politburo in Moscow vote to remove Andrei Gromyko (bottom center) as Soviet president. Front row from left: Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Gromyko, Mikhail Gorbachev, second row: Viktor Chebrikov, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Lev Zaikov, back row: Aleksandr Yakovlev, Nikolai Slyunkov, October 1st, 1988.
