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24/04/2007
Yeltsin's body lying in state
The body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is lying in state in Moscow ahead of his funeral on Wednesday.
Mr Yeltsin died of heart failure on Monday, aged 76. His body is lying in state at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, which was destroyed under the Communist regime and rebuilt during Mr Yeltsin's rule in the 1990s.
He will be buried in Moscow's Novodevichye Cemetery, where another former Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev is also buried.
Most other former Kremlin leaders are buried in Red Square.
Wednesday has also been declared a national day of mourning in Russia.
Mr Yeltsin is known for helping to lead Russia into democracy and a market economy.
He famously helped to defy an attempted coup against his predecessor Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991, before he became the first President of the Russian Federation following the break-up of the Soviet Union later that year.
He served as Russian President between 1991 and 1999 until Vladimir Putin took over.
A number of world leaders are expected to attend tomorrow's funeral. According to reports, these will include Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush Senior.
(KMcA)
Mr Yeltsin died of heart failure on Monday, aged 76. His body is lying in state at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, which was destroyed under the Communist regime and rebuilt during Mr Yeltsin's rule in the 1990s.
He will be buried in Moscow's Novodevichye Cemetery, where another former Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev is also buried.
Most other former Kremlin leaders are buried in Red Square.
Wednesday has also been declared a national day of mourning in Russia.
Mr Yeltsin is known for helping to lead Russia into democracy and a market economy.
He famously helped to defy an attempted coup against his predecessor Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991, before he became the first President of the Russian Federation following the break-up of the Soviet Union later that year.
He served as Russian President between 1991 and 1999 until Vladimir Putin took over.
A number of world leaders are expected to attend tomorrow's funeral. According to reports, these will include Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush Senior.
(KMcA)
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