Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin
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Date | 23–25 April 2007 |
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Location | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
Participants | Vladimir Putin, Sergey Sobyanin, Naina Yeltsina, Mikhail Fradkov, Dmitry Medvedev and others |
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Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest on 23 April 2007, twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state to be buried in a church ceremony since Emperor Alexander III, 113 years prior.[1]
On the day Yeltsin died, President Vladimir Putin declared the day of his funeral, held on 25 April 2007,[2] to be a day of national mourning. The ceremony was broadcast live on the main Russian state TV channels, and was attended by current and former heads of state, with a number of them expressing their condolences. The lowering of the coffin into the grave was accompanied by an artillery salute.
Last illness and cause of death
Yeltsin died due to heart failure at 15:45
Shortly before his death, Yeltsin had traveled to the
President
Farewell ceremony and funeral service
The day after his death, a farewell ceremony was held at the
After the civil ceremony, which ended at 12:30 on 25 April, there was a farewell held for officials and representatives of foreign states.
The funeral service was led by Metropolitan Krutitsy and Kolomna
Burial
After the burial service, Yeltsin's coffin was closed and carried outside into a hearse which was then escorted through the Novodevichy streets by motorcyclists. Officers draped with the
The coffin was taken down and opened again. Metropolitan Juvenal called Yeltsin's family to approach the body one last time, first Yelena Okulova, then Tatyana Dyachenko, and finally, widow Naina Yeltsina. After that a final memorial was performed by Mn. Juvenal, with Mns. Kirill and Kliment assisting, while "Eternal Memory" was sung by a female chorus from the Novodevichy Convent. Metropolitan Juvenal then put a small wreath on Yeltsin's brow. By about 16:30, the coffin was closed, adorned with flowers and lowered into the grave. An artillery salute of three volleys rang out and a military band played the
Afterwards, at the reception in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin gave his only speech.
Participants
The ceremony was attended by more than thirty foreign visitors. These were the heads of state and government and other representatives of various countries, as well as many former heads of state and government, who had worked with Boris Yeltsin.
A total of 12 foreign leaders, 16 former leaders, 4 governmental delegates and 3 multilateral leaders attended the funeral. In total, 50 countries and 3 organizations was represented.
Also, in addition to foreign leaders, there were many Russian politicians.
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President | Vladimir Putin |
Prime Minister | Mikhail Fradkov |
First Deputy Prime Minister |
Dmitry Medvedev |
First Deputy Prime Minister |
Sergei Ivanov |
Chairman of the Federation Council | Sergey Mironov |
Chairman of the State Duma | Boris Gryzlov |
Ministry of Economic Development | Herman Gref |
Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan | Murtaza Rakhimov |
Prime Minister of Republic of Karelia | Pavel Chernov |
Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai | Alexander Khloponin |
Governor of Irkutsk Oblast | Alexander Tishanin |
Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast | Eduard Rossel |
Governor of Moscow Oblast | Boris Gromov |
Governor of Saint Petersburg | Valentina Matviyenko |
Mayor of Moscow | Yury Luzhkov |
Former Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
Former General Secretary of CPSU |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office | Sergey Sobyanin |
Gallery
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Coffin with the body of Boris Yeltsin in theCathedral of Christ the Savior
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Prime Minister Fradkov and President Putin
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Yeltsin's coffin being taken to the cemetery
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Yeltsin family
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Bill Clinton, Vladimir Putin, wife Ludmila Putina and George H. W. Bush
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Vladimir Putin and his wife laying flowers on the grave
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Grave before installing the tombstone
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Vladimir Putin, Naina Yeltsina and Leonid Kuchma
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Vladimir Putin delivers a speech.
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Yeltsin's tomb with Russian flag sculpture
Memorials
Yeltsin was memorialised in several ways in 2008. On 8 April, a street in
On 25 January 2015, the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center opened in Yekaterinburg.[11]
See also
- Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin
- Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin
- Death and state funeral of Leonid Brezhnev
- Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev
References
- ^ "Yeltsin, the man who buried communism"
- ^ "Decree "On the declaration of mourning over the death of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his funeral"". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ It named the cause of the death of Boris Yeltsin.
- ^ It named the official cause of death of Boris Yeltsin
- ^ Yeltsin was hospitalized for 12 days before his death
- ^ Doctors fought for Boris Yeltsin's life 12 days
- ^ "Yeltsin's heart stopped twice". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ The first president could not stand the heart (Russian) (Eng. The first president's heart couldn't take it.
- ^ "At Yeltsin's funeral were about 25 thousand people". Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ Ural State Technical University was given the name of Boris Yeltsin
- ^ Opening Yeltsin Center