Funeral of I.V. Stalin (1953)

The leaders of the party and state descend from the mausoleum after the funeral service on the day of I.V. Stalin's funeral, March 9, 1953. View of the mausoleum and part of Red Square after the funeral service (top).

People's faces on Red Square.

The leaders of the party and state carry the coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin into the mausoleum, people's faces on Red Square.

A unit of the Moscow garrison troops stands in formation on Red Square during the burial of Stalin's body in the mausoleum.

Panorama of the railway junction (top).

Artillery fires a funeral salute during the burial of Stalin's body in the mausoleum (top).

Builders and workers of various specialties stop work and bare their heads to the sound of factory funeral horns.

Marine workers bare their heads in formation on the pier.

Ships in the Odessa port give funeral horns.

A sailor of the Navy at his post near the stern flag.

Tankers in formation with the unit's banner lowered.

Views of streets and squares, stopped factory workshops, funeral horns sound.

Workers of a tire factory during a funeral horn.

A locomotive gives a funeral horn.

Builders of the Irtysh hydroelectric power station stand with their heads uncovered (panorama).

Ships at the Baku roadstead.

View of the Baku port quarter (from above).

Builders of the Mingachevir hydroelectric complex stand with their heads uncovered.

Faces of the builders.

A crane carries a portrait of Stalin over the construction site.

Miners of one of the Donbass mines during a funeral horn, faces of the miners.

Participants in a funeral rally in Alma-Ata on the central square.

Faces of the rally participants.

Chinese naval sailors, soldiers of the Korean People's Army during a minute of silence.

Mongolian arats during a minute of silence.

The face of a Soviet officer at a memorial service.

Leaders of the People's Republic of China during a minute of silence.

Views of squares in Moscow, Leningrad, Budapest, Bucharest during a minute of silence.

The removal of the coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin from the Column Hall of the House of Unions on March 9, 1953. The coffin is carried by Beria L.P., Malenkov G.M., Molotov V.M., Bulganin N.A., Kaganovich L.M., Shvernik N.M. The leaders of the party and the state carry the coffin with Stalin's body to Red Square.

A cordon of soldiers is on Okhotny Ryad.

A cordon of soldiers on Okhotny Ryad in Moscow during the carrying of the coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin to Red Square.

The funeral procession with Stalin's coffin on an artillery gun carriage moves past the end of the building of the Column Hall of the House of Unions; on the facade is a portrait of Stalin in mourning attire.

Suslov M.A., Shvernik N.M., Molotov V.M., Bulganin N.A., Voroshilov K.E., Malenkov G.M., Beria L.P., Khrushchev N.S. follow Stalin's coffin in the funeral procession.

The movement of the funeral procession along Manezhnaya Square.

The funeral procession moves to Red Square up Istorichesky Proezd.

People in the guest stands waiting for the funeral procession to enter Red Square.

Faces of participants in the funeral meeting on Red Square.

The coffin with Stalin's body on a gun carriage and the participants of the funeral procession move along Red Square.

A view of part of Red Square during the carrying of funeral wreaths (above).

The participants of the funeral carry funeral wreaths in a column.

The military at the head of the funeral procession carry Stalin's awards on cushions.

The gun carriage with Stalin's coffin, accompanied by an honorary military guard, moves along Red Square.

The participants of the funeral procession walk along Red Square.

A view of the funeral procession moving along Red Square to the mausoleum (above).

The funeral procession approaches the mausoleum (above).

The faces of women wiping away tears.

The coffin with the body of I.V. Stalin on a pedestal in front of the mausoleum before the start of the funeral meeting.

Students of one of the military academies in formation on Red Square during the funeral meeting.

A view of Red Square during Stalin's funeral (above).

Khrushchev N.S. delivers a funeral speech from the mausoleum tribune, standing next to Voroshilov K.E. and Malenkov G.M. View of part of Red Square during the funeral meeting (above).