In this part of the exhibition, you may see and hear photos, archive and sound documents illustrating the days of mourning and the funeral from all over the world. The closing part is the funeral, 9 March 1953. At the moment of depositing Stalin's body near Lenin's one in the mausoleum - 12 am in Moscow time -- millions stood still in silence all over the Communist bloc, from China to Central and Eastern Europe, and also in some Western capitals upon the call of the local Communist Party. In the countries of the Soviet bloc only the sounds of horns of ships, engines and factories howled.

Report on Stalin's death by the Voice of America, 6 March

The official picture published in Pravda: Stalin laying on the catafalque in the House of Columns. It seems that the picture is a montage that highlights Stalin's greatness compared to the mourning party leaders.

Stalin laying on the catafalque in the House of Columns.

Soviet leaders on the guard of honour at Stalin's coffin. Hall of Columns, March 6-8, 1953. From left to right: Molotov, Voroshilov, Beria, and Malenkov. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

Soviet leaders on the guard of honour at Stalin's coffin. Hall of Columns, March 6-8, 1953. From right to left: Mikoian, Kaganovich, Khruschev, Bulganin. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

Stalin Prize winning Russian writers on the guard of honour at Stalin's coffin. Hall of Columns, March 6-8, 1953. From left to right: Ehrenburg, Fegin, Tihonov, and Leonov. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

The delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church is heading towards the House of he Trade Unions in Moscow where Stalin's catafalque is laid.

Moscow workers in front of the House of the Trade Unions where Stalin's catafalque is laid.

From the diary of Soloviev, Ph.D. in economics, Party member since 1913. March 8, 1953. "Today I went to see Stalin's coffin in the Hall of Coloumns. ... Terrible scramble. Many fell victim to it. All around, deep sorrow. Often hysteric cryings and screamings."

Letter of Kolia Rustanov, pupil, to Schvernik, president of the Supreme Soviet. Kolia promises that from now on he will not have any more Bs at school.

Workers on an ad hoc meeting listening the announcement of Stalin's death.

French mineworkers are learning about Stalin's death.

The headquarter of L'Humanité, daily of the French communist party, 6 March, 1953.

Hewlett Johnson, vicar general of Canterbury is giving a speech at the Mourning ceremony organized by the English-Soviet Society.

Mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran.

Iranians mourning over Stalin.

Garde d'honneur during the mourning ceremony of the Freie Deutsche Jugend held in Berlin, 7 March, 1953.

Garde d'honneur in front of Stalin's portrait on Berlin's Stalinallee on 7 March, 1953.

Johannes Becher's poem

Garde d'honneur at an elemntary school in Warsaw on 7 March, 1953.

Mourning ceremony in an Albanian city, 6 March, 1953.

Mourning workers at the Yaroslav Railway station.

Mourning march in a Roumania.

Workers meeting in Csepel, the Mátyás Rákosi Factory: common reading session of the special issue of Szabad Nép (daily of the Hungarian Workers' Party) informing on Stalin's death.

Ad hoc mourning ceremony at the Chervenkov collective farm in the Hungarian village of Üröm on 6 March, 1953.

Summary report on the police and military forces deployed in Moscow on the day of the funeral. Sketch of the placing of units.

Moscow people on the day of the funeral, March 9, 1953. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

Stalin's funeral. Army generals carrying Stalin's orders out of the Hall of Columns. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

The members of the Presidium of the Soviet Communist Party, Beria, Vorosilov, Khruschev and M. Suslov, carrying Stalin's coffin out of the House of Columns. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

Funeral march, Moscow, Okhotni Rad. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

The members of the Presidium of the Soviet Communist Party, Beria, Vorosilov, Khruschev and M. Suslov, carrying Stalin's coffin into the Mausoleum. Russian State Archives of Photo and Kinodocuments, Krasnogorsk.

Excerpt from Berija's speech on the funeral ceremony in Red Square, Moscow, 9 March, 1953.

Excerpt from Molotov's speech on the funeral ceremony in Red Square, Moscow, 9 March, 1953.

Excerpt from Malenkov's speech on the funeral ceremony in Red Square, Moscow, 9 March, 1953.

The workers of the Stalin car factory are listening the broadcast of the funeral from the Red Square, Moscow.

Mourning ceremony in a printing-house in Warsaw, 9 March, 1953.

Mourning Berliners carrying black flags while passing Stalin's statute on 9 March, 1953.

Mourning march towards Stalin's statute, Budapest, 9 March, 1953.

At the mourning ceremony held in Budapest at Stalin's statute, 9 March, 1953. Erno Gero vice-chief secretary of the Hungarian Workers Party and premier Imre Nagy on the tribune.

At the mourning ceremony held in Budapest at Stalin's statute, 9 March, 1953. Erno Gero vice-chief secretary of the Hungarian Workers Party and premier Imre Nagy on the tribune.

Broadcast of the Hungarian Radio, Molnár Aurél's report

Broadcast of the Hungarian Radio, Gero's speech

Mourning ceremony on Prague's Vaclav square, 9 March, 1953.

A group of women in Prague is listening the live broadcast of the funeral from Moscow.

The workers of the Újpest Bán Tibor cooperative honor Stalin with five minutes of silence on 9 March 1953.

A loudspeaker in dowtown, Budapest, 9 March 1953, 12.00.

Five minutes silent mourning.

Request to the French people to honor Stalin with one minute of silence at 10am on the day of the funeral.

French consruction workers mourning over Stalin.

Five minutes of silence at a Hungarian shipyard on 9 March 1953.

Five minutes of silence on the Grand Boulvarde, Budapest on 9 March 1953 at 10am.

Time stands still on Berlin, Alexanderplatz on 9 March 1953 at 10.

Mourning meeting in Gori, in front of Stalin's "birthplace", 9 March, 1953.

Mourning ceremony in Tbilisi, 9 March, 1953.

Workers in China, during the five minutes long silent mourning on 9 March 1953, 5 pm.

Workers in China, during the five minutes long silent mourning on 9 March 1953, 5 pm.