Funeral of Yuri Andropov (1984)

Mourning flags on the walls of the building of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on the day of farewell to Yu. V. Andropov.

The release of the mourning issue of the newspaper in the printing house.

The text of the mourning address of the CPSU Central Committee and Andropov's portrait in a mourning frame, published in the newspaper "Pravda".

The half-mast state flag of the USSR over the Moscow Kremlin.

Mourning flags on the wall of the building of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The half-mast flag over the Mossovet building on Sovetskaya Square.

People move in a queue to the Column Hall of the House of Unions to say farewell to Andropov's body, a view of a part of Pushkinskaya Street.

One of the veterans of the CPSU speaks about the shock of the news of Andropov's death, briefly tells his biography (synchronously).

People enter the Column Hall of the House of Unions, take off their hats at the entrance.

A line of people goes up the stairs to the second floor of the Column Hall, passes by the mourning portrait of Andropov.

Mourning portrait of Andropov on the wall.

View of part of the column hall (from above), people pass by the coffin with Andropov's body.

Faces of people passing by the coffin.

A man lays a bouquet of flowers.

Andropov in the coffin among funeral wreaths.

Faces of people passing by the coffin and crying women.