Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Scenes from the services for Boris Yeltsin

Boris N. Yeltsin the former President of Russia and first person ever democratically elected head of state in that country died this week. Before his State Funeral he lay in state in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow which was rebuilt under his presidency after being destroyed by Joseph Stalin. The below clip shows some scenes from the lying in state including some of the services of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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