Funeral of Academician I. V. Kurchatov (1960)

The coffin with the body of I. V. Kurchatov on a pedestal in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

In the guard of honor: President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR A. N. Nesmeyanov, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR V. S. Emelyanov, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR M. B. Mitin, Minister of Culture of the USSR N. A. Mikhailov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR D. F. Ustinov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR N.S.Khrushchev, aircraft designer A. N. Tupolev, Marshals A. I. Eremenko, P. A. Rotmistrov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Mongolia Yu.

Tsedenbal, Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee P.N. Pospelov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR N.V. Podgorny and others.

Relatives and friends of the deceased are at the coffin.

People pass by the coffin.