Mourning events in the USSR and abroad after the death of I.V. Stalin (1953)

Portrait of I.V. Stalin in the uniform of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Towers of the Moscow Kremlin, mourning flags over Moscow.

View of the Moscow Kremlin.

Red flags with a mourning border.

People on Red Square on March 5-6, 1953, after the announcement of Stalin's death.

The state flag of the USSR lowered over the Kremlin as a sign of mourning.

People on the streets of Moscow, a crying woman.

Obituary of I.V. Stalin, published in the newspaper "Pravda".

People buy newspapers at a kiosk.

Text of the medical report on Stalin's death, published in the newspaper.

People read newspapers.

Queue at a newsstand in the center of Moscow.

Obituary and portrait of Stalin, published in the newspaper "Trud".

Red flag with a mourning border.

View of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Leningrad.

Mourning flags at one of the industrial enterprises of the Urals.

Mourning flags on the roof of a bus in Tallinn.

Mourning decoration of one of the streets of Tallinn.

People on the streets read obituaries of Stalin published in newspapers.

A minute of silence in one of the rural schools of China.

The face of a teacher.

Chinese workers listen to political information about the death of Stalin.

Faces of Chinese boys and girls.

Chinese and Korean soldiers on the front line near the radio receiver listen to the message about the death of Stalin.

A Korean political worker conducts political information with soldiers.

The national flag of Poland with a mourning ribbon flutters.

A view of a Warsaw street in mourning decoration.

The flag of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic with a mourning ribbon.

A view of a street in Prague.

Residents of Budapest read a newspaper with a message about the death of Stalin.

Mourning flags over one of the streets of Budapest (top).

Mourning flags and a portrait of Stalin on one of the administrative buildings of Bucharest.

Mourning decoration of one of the buildings in Sofia.

People look at photographs of Stalin on a street stand.

Half-mast flags over Tirana.

A memorial service in Tirana.

Berlin builders read the news of Stalin's death.

A flag at half-mast over the Kremlin.

A view of the towers of the Moscow Kremlin.

A queue moves into the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

Views of a memorial service in Warsaw.

Warsaw streets decorated in mourning.

Portraits of Stalin in mourning frames on the walls of buildings.

A view of a memorial service in a workshop at a Warsaw plant.

Faces of the participants in the meeting.

A memorial service in one of the halls in Warsaw.

Participants in the meeting stand during a minute of silence.

Faces of the participants in the meeting.

Participants in one of the memorial services in Warsaw stand with a portrait of Stalin.

Polish Prime Minister J. Cyrankiewicz speaks from the podium.

Minister of State Control of Poland F. Józwiak speaks.