File:Smirnovln.jpg

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Description	Lev Nikolaevich Smirnov, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union in 1972–1984
Source	http://www.supcourt.ru/vscourt_detale.php?id=18
Date	Until 1986
Author	Unknown
Permission (Reusing this file)	See below.

Non-free media rationale for Lev Smirnov
Article	Lev Smirnov
Purpose of use	Illustration of the main object of the article
Replaceable?	This is not a free photo of a deceased person. A new photo cannot be made that, in the absence of alternative photos with a free license, can justify the fair use of a photo to illustrate an article about this person.

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