Hall of Central House of Writers in mourning attire. Coffin with the body of the writer. In honor guard: AN Kosygin, Mikhail Suslov, N. Fedoroff, MS Solomentsev, IV Kapitonov, AB Chakovski, BN Field, R. Gamzatov, V. Soloukhin, M. S. Shahinian and other people bidding farewell to the writer.