News of the Day № 32-33 Funeral of M I Kalinin

Moscow in mourning flags. Muscovites are going to say goodbye to MI Kalinin in a continuous stream, the coffin with the body is installed in the Column Hall of the House of Unions. Honor guard at the coffin; present: A. N. Kosygin, G. F. Aleksandrov, A. F. Gorkin, I. V. Stalin, G. M. Malenkov, L. P. Beria, V. M. Molotov, L. M. Kaganovich, A.I. Mikoyan, Soviet military leaders and others. Party and government leaders carry out the coffin and set it on an artillery carriage. The funeral procession heads to Red Square. Funeral rally on Red Square. Speeches by NM Shvernik and other speakers. The coffin with Kalinin's body is lowered into the grave. Artillery salute.

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