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Burial

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

8Records
1924–1998Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1924

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin28 January 1924

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

A mausoleum is constructed in Red Square where Lenins embalmed body lies in public

1933

Joseph Stalin22 June 1933

Government / Government of Russia

Stalin attends the funeral of Klara Zetkin in the Red Square in Moscow

1953

Joseph Stalin9 March 1953

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Funeral of Joseph Stalin

1961

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev31 October 1961

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Stalins body is removed from the Kremlin

Joseph Stalin31 October 1961

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Stalins body is removed from Lenins side in the Mausoleum on Red Square

1985

Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko13 March 1985

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Burial of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, 3rd Russian leader buried in 2 1/2 yrs

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev13 March 1985

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Leads the funeral procession

1998

Sergey Vladilenovich Kirienko17 July 1998

Government / Government of Russia

Russia buries Tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died

Names involved

Joseph StalinKonstantin Ustinovich ChernenkoMikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevNikita Sergeyevich KhruschevSergey Vladilenovich KirienkoVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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