Farewell to the leader (1953.03)

The façade of the Column Hall of the House of Unions illuminated at night, with a mourning portrait of I.V. Stalin on the façade.

Cars approach the Column Hall building.

A portrait of Stalin in a mourning frame on the façade of the Column Hall.

Views of the façade of the Column Hall with a mourning portrait of Stalin.

A line moves into the Column Hall from Pushkinskaya Street in the evening, with military personnel cordoning off the entrance.

One of the mourning delegations waits to be admitted to the Column Hall.

The delegation passes through the doors of the Column Hall.

A panorama of part of the line at the entrance to the Column Hall, with military personnel cordoning off the entrance.

Views of the line into the Column Hall on Pushkinskaya Street, with members of one of the delegations carrying a mourning wreath.

People enter the doors of the Column Hall.

Faces of people entering the Column Hall.

Members of the mourning delegations enter the doors of the Column Hall.

Troops of the Moscow garrison stand in formation on Red Square on the day of I.V. Stalin's funeral, March 9, 1953. N.S. Khrushchev opens the memorial service from the mausoleum rostrum, with K.E. Voroshilov standing nearby.

View of Red Square during the memorial service (top).

Rally participants are on the guest stands. N.S. Khrushchev continues speaking, with G.M. Malenkov standing nearby.

Views of the memorial service on Red Square. N.S. Khrushchev gives way to G.M. Malenkov at the microphone, and Malenkov begins his speech. V.M. Molotov delivers a speech from the mausoleum rostrum, with Khrushchev, Voroshilov, and Malenkov standing nearby, and L.P. Beria standing behind Malenkov.

Military parade on Red Square following the memorial service and the burial of I.V. Stalin's body in the mausoleum.

Troops march past the mausoleum in parade formation.

Participants in the memorial service.

Stalin's son, Vasily, is among the participants.

Students of one of the military academies march past the mausoleum during the parade following the memorial service.

A view of Red Square during the military parade (above).

Leaders of the Communist Party and state on the mausoleum's tribune during the military parade.

Motorized infantry in armored personnel carriers during the parade on Red Square.

Airplanes fly over the towers of the Moscow Kremlin.

A view of Red Square during the military parade (above).