Delivery of the coffin containing the body of V.I. Lenin to Moscow (23.01.1924)

Lenin V.I. on his deathbed in Gorki.

Meeting of the commission for organizing Lenin's funeral, including Yenukidze A.S., Lashevich M.M., and Dzerzhinsky F.E. Panorama of the house and park in Gorki in winter.

Delegates of the All-Union Congress of Soviets on the porch of a house in Gorki on January 23, 1924. Funeral wreaths are carried out of the house.

Zinoviev G.E., Stalin I.V., Molotov V.M., Mikoyan A.I., and Rykov A.I. carry the coffin with Lenin's body out of the house in Gorki, the delegates follow them, Dimitrov G.M. among the delegates.

The procession with Lenin's coffin begins its movement to Gerasimovka station, with Belenky A.Ya. and Lashevich walking in front.

Participants in the procession carry the coffin lid and wreaths.

Unshlikht I.S., Kamenev S.S., and Budyonny S.M. walk in the procession.

Participants in the procession carry funeral wreaths.

A guard from Lenin's personal guard accompanies the coffin.

Views of the funeral procession.

Local residents with children, who have joined the procession, move toward Gerasimovka station.

The procession moves along a wooden bridge built by sappers.

Peasants from nearby villages, who have joined the procession, carry wreaths and banners with mourning slogans.

The funeral train is steaming at Gerasimovka station.

Local residents and Red Army soldiers stand awaiting the arrival of the procession with a banner and a portrait of Lenin.

The funeral procession approaches the station.

A view of the moving funeral procession.

Local peasants at the station house.

Funeral wreaths are carried to the train.

The coffin with Lenin's body is placed into the carriage of the funeral train.

The coffin lid is hand-carried into the carriage.

Funeral wreaths and banners with slogans are loaded into the carriage. A.Ya.

Belenky supervises the loading. A.Ya.

Belenky closes the carriage door.

The funeral train before departing from Gerasimovka station.

Local residents stand by the railway tracks, a red flag fluttering in the wind.

Bridges and stations along the route of the funeral train, people stand by the railway tracks.

The arrival of the funeral train in Moscow at Saratovsky Station. K. Zetkin among those greeting the funeral train.

Red Army soldiers in formation along the railway track.

A view of the front of the locomotive.

The coffin with Lenin's body is carried out of the carriage, Molotov and Yenukidze exit the carriage behind the coffin.

Kalinin M.I., Bukharin N.I., Tomsky M.P., Stalin I.V., Rudzutak Ya.E., Kamenev L.B., and Molotov V.M. carry the coffin with Lenin's body after it has been carried out of the train car.

Lashevich M.M. and Belenky A.Ya. walk in front of the funeral procession, followed by Kalinin, Bukharin, Tomsky, Rykov, Stalin, and Zinoviev.