BORIS YELTSIN’S FUNERAL HELD IN MOSCOW
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2007 18:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia bid farewell to his first President Boris
Yeltsin.
After the religious service accompanied by tinkling of bells of the
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour the funeral procession with Yeltsin’s
body made for the Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery. B. Yeltsin’s body was
taken to the cemetery by Cadillac catafalque. But near the cemetery
it was put on an artillery carriage decorated by flowers and colors
of Russian State banner.
An armored troop-carrier pulled the carriage, which was followed by the
clergy, relatives and friends of the late President. A thrice-repeated
volley was fired and Russia’s state hymn was played in the cemetery.
Several thousands of people gathered near the Novodevichy cemetery
to bid farewell to Boris Yeltsin. The chain of people stretched for
500 meters.
Heads of a number of countries and international organizations arrived
in Russia to attend the mourning ceremony. President Robert Kocharian
headed the official delegation of Armenia.
Boris Yeltsin died untimely from heart failure on Monday, aged
76. April 25 is proclaimed a national mourning day in Russia.