Funeral of Gorbachev, who passed away on the 30th of last month, strictly observed in Moscow
I don’t do it as a coat of arms… Contrast with the head of state at the death of Yeltsin in 2007
MOSCOW (AP) – A woman holds flowers and waits for her turn outside the Pillar Hall of the House of Union in Moscow, Russia, where the funeral of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was held on the 3rd (local time). 2022.9.3 [email protected]
(Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondent Shin Chang-yong = The funeral of the late former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was held in Moscow, Russia on the 3rd (local time).
According to the AP, AFP and Archyde.com, the funeral of former President Gorbachev, which was held at the ‘House of Union’ Pillar Hall in downtown Moscow from 10 a.m. on the same day, drew thousands of mourners to give his final farewell to the deceased.
The mourners expressed their condolences by placing roses and bouquets of flowers in front of the coffin where the body of former President Gorbachev was placed. Irina, the only daughter of the deceased, and her two granddaughters stayed by her side.
Foreign media reported that even before the funeral began, the number of mourners continued to form a long line outside the building.
The deceased passed away on the 30th of last month at the age of 91 following a long battle with diabetes and heart disease.
There were still many people waiting for their turn outside, but the funeral ended in regarding three and a half hours.
The body of former President Gorbachev was then taken to the Novodevich Cemetery and buried next to his wife, Laisa, who died of leukemia in 1999.
TASS, MOSCOW (Archyde.com) – Mourners pass by the coffin where the body of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is held at the Pillar Hall of the House of Union in Moscow, Russia, on the 3rd (local time). are doing 2022.9.3 [email protected]
Former President Gorbachev is regarded as a key figure in removing the Iron Curtain and ending the Cold War peacefully.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his contributions to the post-Cold War era, but was criticized in Korea for being a traitor who brought regarding the downfall of the former Soviet Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who came to power in May 2000, called the collapse of the Soviet Union by Gorbachev “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”.
The funeral of former President Gorbachev was not held as a national funeral, but the Russian government supported the funeral procession at the national level, such as providing security and honor guards.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the beginning of a press conference in Germany in December 2004. [로이터 연합뉴스 자료사진. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
The BBC said the Russian government did not hold Gorbachev’s funeral as a director, meaning that “the current Russian leadership has little interest in honoring Gorbachev’s legacy”.
The last non-bureaucratic funeral among Russian leaders was in 1971 for Nikita Khrushchev, CNN reported.
Putin did not attend the funeral. “President Putin has been unable to attend the summit of his business day,” Peskov said.
Prior to that, on the 1st, Putin personally visited the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital where Gorbachev’s mortuary is located and made a wreath.
MOSCOW (EPA = Yonhap News) My only daughter, Irina, says goodbye to former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev before passing away at the Novodevich Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, on the 3rd, local time. 2022.9.3 [email protected]
Among foreign leaders, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, who has shown pro-Russian behavior, was the only foreign leader to attend the funeral.
The New York Times (NYT) evaluated this as a scene that clearly showed Russia’s isolation from the West due to the invasion of Ukraine.
On the Russian side, former President Dmitry Medvedev and former Prime Minister Sergei Stepasin were in attendance.
The Associated Press pointed out that the modest funeral of former President Gorbachev contrasts with Putin’s funeral and declaration of national mourning at the time of the death of former President Boris Yeltsin in 2007.
But one Russian citizen said he came to pay tribute to former President Gorbachev for bringing democracy to Russia and opening Russia to the world.
Another citizen said, “I think he did more good than bad. The older generation here remembered him and came to say goodbye.”
The German capital, Berlin, was caught early on the same day, AFP news agency reported.
At the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Gorbachev virtually acquiesced to West Germany’s absorption and reunification without providing military support to the East German communist regime.
MOSCOW, AFP (Archyde.com) – A long line of mourners stand outside the “House of Union” building in Moscow, Russia, where the funeral of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was held on the 3rd (local time). 2022.9.3 [email protected]
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