Funeral of E.G. Dzhugashvili - mother of I.V. Stalin (1937)

Beria L.P. and members of his family during the funeral of I.V. Stalin's mother Ekaterina Georgievna Dzhugashvili, who died on June 4, 1937. Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR F.I. Makharadze in the guard of honor at the coffin with the body of E.G. Dzhugashvili.

Faces of relatives.

The face of a schoolgirl standing at the coffin.

Changing of the guard of honor at the coffin.

Makharadze among the funeral participants awaiting burial (panorama).

Residents of Tbilisi stand on the stairs and balconies of the house awaiting the start of the funeral procession, panorama down to the street.

Participants of the funeral event on David's Hill in Tbilisi (panorama).

The coffin at the grave.

The gravediggers lift the lid of the coffin, cover the face of the deceased with a white kerchief, close the coffin.

The coffin is carried to the grave.

The funeral procession moves along the streets of Tbilisi, an honor guard walks next to the hearse, people follow the coffin.

Residents of Tbilisi on the sidewalks and balconies of buildings.

Participants in the funeral procession carry funeral wreaths along the streets of Tbilisi.

Women carry funeral wreaths, a panorama of a part of the street filled with people.

Policemen standing in a cordon maintain order.

Workers carry funeral wreaths.

The funeral procession moves behind the coffin of E.G. Dzhugashvili.

Participants in the funeral procession carry banners, wreaths and a portrait of the deceased.

Gravediggers lower the coffin into the grave.

A policeman pulls the rope out of the grave.

Carrying the coffin with the body of E.G. Dzhugashvili to the grave, the coffin is accompanied by NKVD officers in uniform.

View of part of Tbilisi from David's Hill (from above), the funeral procession goes up the hill.

View of part of the funeral procession ascending David's Hill (above).

Tbilisi residents walking up David's Hill, views of the street filled with people.

NKVD officers in uniform carry a coffin to the grave (above).

A funeral wreath is carried along the street.

Tbilisi residents on the balconies of a building.

Military personnel and NKVD officers on one of the streets waiting for the funeral procession to pass.

Participants in the funeral procession carry funeral wreaths along tram tracks.

Carrying out the coffin with the body of E.G. Dzhugashvili from the funeral hall after the farewell.

People enter the funeral hall to say farewell to the deceased, police and NKVD officers at the entrance.

Carrying the coffin along a Tbilisi street after carrying it out of the funeral hall, Beria among the coffin bearers.

Placing the coffin on a hearse.

View of one of the streets of Tbilisi during the funeral procession.

Views of the funeral meeting at the cemetery (panorama, above).

A funeral procession moves along one of the central streets of Tbilisi (above).