Funeral of I.V. Stalin (1953)

Trucks stand along the street as a cordon shield, behind the trucks there is a queue to the Column Hall of the House of Unions to say goodbye to the body of I.V. Stalin.

A woman's face.

People move in line to the entrance to the Column Hall.

View of a part of Gorky Street, half filled with people (above).

A crowd of people on Gorky Street.

Panorama of a part of Gorky Street filled with people.

A portrait of Stalin in mourning attire above the entrance to the Column Hall.

People enter the Column Hall of the House of Unions, carrying funeral wreaths.

A queue at the entrance to the Column Hall, people enter the doors.

A delegation of military personnel enters the doors of the Column Hall.

Part of the queue blocks Pushkinskaya Street.

Panorama of a part of Red Square on the day of the burial of Stalin's body in the mausoleum on March 9, 1953, funeral wreaths on the guest stands.

People in front of the guest stands and at the mausoleum on Red Square waiting for the start of the funeral meeting (panorama).

Panorama of the guest stands with funeral wreaths.

A woman adjusts flowers in one of the wreaths.

People at the guest stands with funeral wreaths laid on them.

Views of Red Square before the funeral rally, wreaths on the guest stands.

The coats of arms of the Latvian SSR and the Georgian SSR in mourning attire in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.

The orchestra in the Column Hall plays funeral melodies.

Artists make sketches, a sculptor sculpts a posthumous portrait of Stalin in a coffin.

Military personnel carry a funeral wreath into the hall.

Women with a wreath and a military delegation pass by.

Faces of military personnel passing through the hall.

A funeral portrait of Stalin above the entrance to the Column Hall.

Military personnel enter the doors of the Column Hall of the House of Unions to say goodbye to Stalin.

Artists make sketches of Stalin in a coffin.

Military personnel carry a funeral wreath into the hall, faces of people passing by.

Views and panorama of Gorky Street filled with people.

People in front of the entrance to the mausoleum after the burial of Stalin's body.

Sentries at the entrance to the mausoleum.

People at the guest stands with funeral wreaths.