Church Hosts Rite for Yeltsin ; Thousands Pay Tribute to Leader
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 25, 2007
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MOSCOW Thousands of somber, teary-eyed mourners shuffled past the open casket of Boris Yeltsin in a vast cathedral Tuesday, lighting candles and laying flowers as Orthodox priests chanted prayers for the first freely elected president of Russia.
Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton headed the list of foreign dignitaries flying in for the funeral and today's burial in Moscow's elite Novodevichy Cemetery largely a resting place for Russian dreamers and artists rather than politicians.See the full content of this document
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Church Hosts Rite for Yeltsin ; Thousands Pay Tribute to Leader
Yeltsin died Monday of heart failure at age 76.
Russians lined up under overcast skies ...See the full content of this document
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