Funeral of Sakharov A.D (1989)

People pass by the coffin of A.D. Sakharov, lay flowers.

Faces of people passing by Sakharov's coffin, women wipe away tears.

Bonner E.G. sits on a chair opposite the coffin, looks at people passing by.

Yeltsin B.N. stands in the guard of honor at Sakharov's coffin.

People go to the funeral hall to say goodbye to Sakharov.

Funeral wreaths at Sakharov's coffin.

Handwritten posters attached to the funeral wreaths.

General view of the funeral hall from above, people pass by the coffin.

Honor guard at Sakharov's coffin.

Bonner at Sakharov's coffin.

Bonner moves away from the coffin.

Sakharov in the coffin.

Photojournalists at Sakharov's coffin.

Funeral wreath.

Correspondents photograph people at the coffin.

A man in camouflage places a funeral wreath at Sakharov's coffin.

A wreath from the US Embassy.

Wreath from the Association of Afghanistan Veterans.

People lay a ribbon with a mourning inscription on Sakharov's coffin.

Bonner at Sakharov's coffin.

USSR Minister of Culture Gubenko N.N. and Akhedzhakova L.M. during the farewell to Sakharov.

People lay flowers at the coffin.

Bonner sits opposite Sakharov's coffin.

Bonner accepts condolences.

People approach the coffin and lay flowers.

The honor guard at Sakharov's coffin.

The queue to the funeral hall.

Women lay flowers.

General view of the funeral hall.

People walk past the coffin.

The honor guard changes.

People in the funeral hall during the farewell to A.D. Sakharov.

Sakharov in the coffin, the honor guard at the coffin, a general view of the funeral hall from above.

A general view of the funeral hall from above.

The decoration of the funeral hall.

People walk past the coffin.

The decoration of the funeral hall, the changing of the honor guard at Sakharov's coffin.

People stand by the column, a general view of the funeral hall from above.

A woman hands a man a copy of the newspaper "Moscow News" with a portrait of Sakharov.

People walk past the coffin.

People stand on the street on the day of Sakharov's funeral, holding posters in their hands, cameramen filming what is happening.

Flowers and candles on the street near the wall of a house on Chkalov Street in Moscow.

People light candles and place them near the wall of the house, flowers lie around.

A burning candle with a pectoral cross hanging on it.

People light candles.

Among the flowers lies an icon of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker and a piece of paper with the words: "The mind, honor and conscience of the nation have died." Flowers covered in snow.

A candle is burning, placed among the scattered flowers.

A woman with a stroller is standing by the wall of a house.

People are standing by the house, reading an article about Sakharov's death in a newspaper pasted to the wall.

A candle is burning.

People at the Vostryakovskoye Cemetery are holding pieces of paper with the number 6 crossed out.

People are holding posters.

People are carrying a portrait of Sakharov and wreaths to the grave.

People are carrying a coffin, among them are B.N. Yeltsin and A.V. Korzhakov.