Funeral of A.A. Zhdanov (1948)

The coffin with the body of A.A. Zhdanov is carried out of the Column Hall of the House of Unions, with V.M. Molotov and I.V. Stalin carrying the coffin in front.

The coffin with Zhdanov's body is lowered into the grave by the Kremlin Wall.

A funeral portrait of Zhdanov and an honor guard at his grave.

Views of the funeral procession heading to Red Square along Okhotny Ryad (from above). K.E. Voroshilov and I.V. Stalin walk behind Zhdanov's coffin at the head of the funeral procession.

Views of the funeral procession, the coffin with Zhdanov's body on an artillery gun carriage drawn by eight horses.

View of the building of the Historical Museum and the funeral procession entering the historic passage.

View of Manezhnaya Square as the funeral procession moves along it.

The military carry Zhdanov's awards on small pillows.

Faces of the military.

Participants in the funeral procession carry wreaths along Red Square.

Funeral portrait of Zhdanov at the head of one of the delegations, people carry wreaths.

The gun carriage with Zhdanov's coffin moves along Red Square at the head of the funeral procession, behind the coffin walk Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich LM, Malenkov GM View of part of Red Square during the funeral procession (top).

The column of the funeral procession with wreaths moves past the mausoleum to the Kremlin wall (top).

The coffin with Zhdanov's body is placed on the pedestal in front of the mausoleum before the start of the funeral meeting.

View of part of the funeral meeting on Red Square.

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council Popov GM delivers a funeral speech from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Faces of the participants in the funeral meeting.

First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional and City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Popkov PS delivers a funeral speech, Popov GM is standing nearby.