Funeral of Academician A D Sakharov

Moscow city. December 17-18, 1989. The coffin with the body of AD Sakharov at the Physics Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In the guard of honor: N. G. Basov, D. S. Likhachev, A. Yu. Shilinsky, E. G. Bonner and others. Removal of the body. The funeral procession and cortege move through the streets. Luzhniki. Funeral meeting. Speakers: V. I. Ginzburg, E. G. Bonner, D. S. Likhachev, E. A. Evtushenko, O. O. Suleimenov, G. Kh. Popov, B. N. Yeltsin, Yu. Afanasyev. Police pickets. Vostryakovskoe cemetery. The coffin with the body of AD Sakharov is carried along the alleys, lowered into the grave. Among those present: Ye. G. Bonner, family and friends of Sakharov, Boris N. Yeltsin and others. January 22, 1990. 40th day since the death of A. D. Sakharov. At the entrance of the house where AD Sakharov lived - a portrait of Sakharov, flowers, lighted candles. Vostryakovskoe cemetery. Sakharov's grave. Memorial service. Among those present: S. Farada.

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1989