Daily News / A Chronicle of the day №43-1982 Special issue No. 43-44 (1982)

The building of the House of Unions, a zoom-in on the portrait of L.I. Brezhnev – general.

Mourning flags on buildings – cf.

Newspapers with the Communist Party's address to the Soviet people – general, cf.

Red Square in mourning attire – general.

The building of the Grand Kremlin Palace – general, cf.

The Columned Hall of the House of Unions in mourning attire.

The pedestal on which the coffin with the body of L.I. Brezhnev stands – general.

Members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee at the coffin – general, cri.

Yu.V. Andropov and other members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee express condolences to the family of L.I. Brezhnev – general, cri.

Columns of people on the street – various.

People enter the Columned Hall, pass by the coffin – various.

People lay flowers at the foot of the pedestal – various.

Honor guard at the coffin - general, cf.

The delegations coming to honor the memory of L.I. Brezhnev are: Bulgaria - headed by the General Secretary of the People's Republic of Bulgaria T. Zhivkov;

Hungary - headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the HSWP J. Kadar;

Vietnam - headed by the member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPV, Chairman of the State Council of the SRV Truong Tinh;

the GDR - headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, Chairman of the State Council of the GDR E. Honecker;

the DPRK - headed by the member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the WPK, Vice-President of the DPRK Pak Sung-cher;

Cuba - headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Chairman of the State Council of Cuba, Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba F. Castro;

Laos - headed by the member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the LPRP, President of the Lao PDR Souphanouvong;

Mongolia - headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the MPRP, Chairman of the Presidium of the Great People's Khural of the MPR Yu.

Tsedenbal; Poland - headed by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the PPR W. Jaruzelski; Romania - headed by the General Secretary of the RCP, President of the RRU N. Ceausescu; Czechoslovakia - headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic G. Husak; Yugoslavia - headed by the Chairman of the Presidium of the SFRY P. Stambolic.

The delegation of the PRC headed by the special representative of the PRC Huang Hua stands at the coffin - cf.

The funeral vigil at the coffin was held by: the delegation of Afghanistan, headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the PDPA, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the DRA B. Karmal;

the delegation of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the PRPK, Chairman of the State PRK Heng Samrin;

the delegation of Socialist Ethiopia, headed by the Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council, Chairman of the Commission for the Organization of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia Mengistu Haile Mariam;

the delegation of the Communist Party of France, headed by the General Secretary of the Party J. Marchais;

the delegation of the Communist Party of the USA, headed by the General Secretary of the Party G. Hall;

the delegation of the Republic of India, headed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi;

the delegation of the FRG, headed by Federal President K. Carstens;

the delegation of the USA, headed by Vice President G. Bush;

The delegation of Finland, headed by President M. Koivisto;

The delegation of France, headed by Prime Minister P. Maurois;

The delegation of Canada, headed by Prime Minister P. E. Trudeau;

The delegation of Japan, headed by Prime Minister D. Suzuki;

UN Secretary General Pérez de Cuéllar.

They are carrying wreaths to the coffin – cf.

The members of the Politburo are standing in the guard of honor at the coffin of L. I. Brezhnev: Yu. V. Andropov, N. A. Tikhonov, K. U. Chernenko, D. F. Ustinov, A. A. Gromyko, V. V. Grishin, M. S. Gorbachev, B. N. Ponomarev – cf.

Relatives say goodbye to L. I. Brezhnev – cf.

The coffin with the body of L. I. Brezhnev is carried out of the House of Unions – kr.

They carry wreaths – general, Poland.

The military carry L.I. Brezhnev’s awards – general.

The funeral procession moves along Marx Avenue to Red Square – general, Poland.

People on Red Square – general, Poland.

The funeral procession passes along Red Square – Wed.

Men take off their hats – Wed.

A woman is crying – Wed.

The coffin with L.I. Brezhnev’s body on Red Square – Wed, Poland.

A funeral meeting, the leaders of the party and government are standing on the Mausoleum tribune – general.

Yu.V. Andropov speaks (synchronously) – various.

Faces of those present at the meeting – Wed, kr.

On the podium of the Mausoleum are N.A. Tikhonov, D.F. Ustinov, A.A. Gromyko, V.V. Grishin, D.A. Kunaev, V.V. Shcherbitsky, G.A. Aliev, G.V. Romanov, V.V. Kuznetsov, M.S. Solomentsev, B.N. Ponomarev, M.S. Gorbachev, V.I. Dolgikh, .

Demichev, M.V.Zimyanin, K.V.Rusakov, Sh.R.Rashidov, I.V.Kapitonov, A.P.Alexandrov and others - Wed, total.

Speakers at the funeral meeting: USSR Defense Minister D.F. Ustinov, President of the USSR Academy of Sciences A.P. Alexandrov, grinder at the Moscow Computer Plant V.V. Pushkarev, First Secretary of the Dneprodzerzhinsk City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine A.F. Gordiyenko – cf.

A military orchestra plays on Red Square – general.

The coffin with the body of L.I. Brezhnev is carried to the grave – cf.

Relatives and friends say goodbye to L.I. Brezhnev – cf.

The coffin with the body of L.I. Brezhnev is lowered into the grave – general, cf.

The clock on the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin strikes 12 o'clock, the funeral salute thunders – cf., cr.

A minute of silence on the streets of Moscow and on the railway lines – people stand on the sidewalks; cars stand on the streets and honk their horns; an electric train stands – cf.

A signaling device is flashing in a factory workshop – kr.

Female workers are standing in the workshop – wed, kr.

Troops of the Moscow garrison are marching across Red Square – gen.