Image of visit of Russian Minister of Agriculture to Burpham branch: at the delicatessen counter

Photograph of the visit by Mr Vsevolod Serafimovich Murakhovsky (the Soviet Union's Minister of Agriculture) and other delegates to the Sainsbury's store at Clay Lane, Burpham, Guildford on 5 July 1986. Mr Murakhovsky was accompanied on the visit by the chairman of Sainsbury's, Sir John Sainsbury (later Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover). The photograph features (left to right): Ivan Ivanovich Skiba (first deputy head of the agriculture department); Julie Bateman (Burpham delicatessen manager); Mr Murakhovsky (the minister); Richard Pollock (interpreter); and Sir John Sainsbury.