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    Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia

    • Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest on 23 April 2007, twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state to be buried in a church ceremony since Emperor Alexander III, 113 years prior. On the day Yeltsin died, President Vladimir Putin declared the day of his f… See more

    Last illness and cause of death

    Yeltsin died due to heart failure at 15:45 Moscow time, as a result of progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Yeltsin was hospitalized for 12 days before his death. He was mostly bedridden for the last week, … See more

    Farewell ceremony and funeral service

    The day after his death, a farewell ceremony was held at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, at 16:30 Moscow time. A half-couch casket and the Russian flag were placed in the center of the church, near a stand with … See more

    Burial

    After the burial service, Yeltsin's coffin was closed and carried outside into a hearse which was then escorted through the Novodevichy streets by motorcyclists. Officers draped with the national flag on the hearse an… See more

    Why did Boris Yeltsin order tanks to shell the Russian parliament?
    Thirty years ago this month, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to shell the parliament—a wedding cake–style building in downtown Moscow called the White House—and then to arrest its leaders, who had been rebelling against his government.
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