Funeral of Yuri Andropov (1984)

View of Red Square in February 1984, the USSR national flag lowered in mourning above the Moscow Kremlin.

Members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee and state leaders V. Chebrikov, K. Chernenko, E. Shevardnadze, D. Ustinov, A. Gromyko, M. Gorbachev, G. Aliyev in the Column Hall of the House of Unions during the farewell to Yu.

Chernenko, K. Tikhonov, N. Ustinov, D. Gromyko in the honor guard at Andropov's coffin in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

The coffin with the body of Yu.

Andropov in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

Funeral wreaths at Andropov's coffin, inscriptions on the ribbons of the wreaths (panorama).

Honor guard at Andropov's coffin, standing guard: Gorbachev M.S., Kunayev D.A., Chernenko K.U., Tikhonov N.A., Ustinov D.F., Gromyko A.A. Faces of people passing by Andropov's coffin.

The coffin with Andropov's body, funeral wreaths at the coffin.

Honor guard of members of one of the funeral delegations at Andropov's coffin.

Faces of people standing in the honor guard.

People in the Column Hall of the House of Unions during the farewell to Yu. V. Andropov (panorama).

View of Red Square in February 1984, the USSR national flag lowered as a sign of mourning on the Moscow Kremlin.

Chernenko K. U. delivers a funeral speech from the rostrum of the mausoleum on the day of Yury V. Andropov's funeral on March 14, 1984, with Tikhonov N. A. and Gromyko A. A. standing nearby.

Participants in the funeral meeting listen to Chernenko's speech, and participants in the meeting hold portraits of Andropov in mourning frames (panorama).

Chernenko continues his speech.

Representatives of foreign communist parties at the mausoleum during the funeral meeting.

Faces of young people.

Kadar J., Jaruzelski W., Castro F. among the leaders of foreign communist parties at the mausoleum during the funeral meeting (panorama).

View of Red Square during the funeral meeting (top).

Leaders of the party and state on the rostrum of the mausoleum during the funeral meeting, among them - Gorbachev M. S., Chernenko K. U., Tikhonov N. A.

View of Red Square during the funeral of Yuri Andropov on March 14, 1984 (above).

Funeral portrait of Andropov in the hands of participants of the funeral meeting (above).

Leaders of the party and state on the rostrum of the mausoleum during the funeral meeting.

Ustinov D.F. delivers a funeral speech from the rostrum of the mausoleum, standing nearby are Chernenko K.U., Tikhonov N.A., Gromyko A.A.