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| Hundreds of people have gathered to pay their respects at a Moscow church where the body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is lying in state. | Hundreds of people have gathered to pay their respects at a Moscow church where the body of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is lying in state. |
| Lines of mourners filed past Mr Yeltsin's open casket as priests chanted liturgies at the gold-domed Christ the Saviour Cathedral. | Lines of mourners filed past Mr Yeltsin's open casket as priests chanted liturgies at the gold-domed Christ the Saviour Cathedral. |
| The former leader died from heart failure on Monday, aged 76. | The former leader died from heart failure on Monday, aged 76. |
| A state funeral for Mr Yeltsin will be held on Wednesday, which has been declared a national day of mourning. | A state funeral for Mr Yeltsin will be held on Wednesday, which has been declared a national day of mourning. |
| Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush Snr are among dignitaries from around the world expected to attend. | Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush Snr are among dignitaries from around the world expected to attend. |
| Prayers and incense | Prayers and incense |
| Mr Yeltsin's body was taken to the cathedral in a black limousine, and greeted by a guard of honour of several hundred soldiers. | Mr Yeltsin's body was taken to the cathedral in a black limousine, and greeted by a guard of honour of several hundred soldiers. |
| Russians give their views on Yeltsin and his legacyIn pictures Inside, Mr Yeltsin's widow, Naina, dressed in black, wept quietly alongside her husband's casket, as white-robed Orthodox priests chanted prayers and burned incense. | Russians give their views on Yeltsin and his legacyIn pictures Inside, Mr Yeltsin's widow, Naina, dressed in black, wept quietly alongside her husband's casket, as white-robed Orthodox priests chanted prayers and burned incense. |
| Members of the public - some weeping and clutching flowers - queued to pay their respects to the man who ushered in a new age of democracy for the country. | Members of the public - some weeping and clutching flowers - queued to pay their respects to the man who ushered in a new age of democracy for the country. |
| "I followed Yeltsin as soon as he appeared I followed him everywhere. He was the first honest and decent president," said 75-year-old Taisiya Shlyonova. | "I followed Yeltsin as soon as he appeared I followed him everywhere. He was the first honest and decent president," said 75-year-old Taisiya Shlyonova. |
| YELTSIN KEY DATES July 1990: Resigns from Communist PartyJune 1991: Elected president of Russian republic (in USSR)August 1991: Rallies citizens against anti-Gorbachev coup, bans Russian communist partyDecember 1991: Takes over from Mikhail Gorbachev as head of state1992: Lifts price controls, launches privatisationOctober 1993: Russia on brink of civil war, Yeltsin orders tanks to fire at parliamentDecember 1994: Sends tanks into ChechnyaJune 1996: Re-elected as Russian president, suffers heart attack during campaign1998: Financial crisis, rouble loses 75% of its valueDecember 1999: Resigns, appoints Vladimir Putin successor Mixed verdict on Yeltsin Obituary of Yeltsin In quotes: Reaction to death class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/6589245.stm">In pictures: Russians mourn | |
| The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, who is at the cathedral, says the talk amongst mourners is very much of Mr Yeltsin's legacy of overthrowing communism, of the early 1990s when people were very enthusiastic for Mr Yeltsin in Russia, when he was a huge figure in Russian politics. | |
| He says amongst these people there seems to be a nostalgia for that era when Russia had real hope for the future. | He says amongst these people there seems to be a nostalgia for that era when Russia had real hope for the future. |
| But our correspondent says the crowds are relatively small, adding that most people feel very ambivalent about Mr Yeltsin's legacy. | But our correspondent says the crowds are relatively small, adding that most people feel very ambivalent about Mr Yeltsin's legacy. |
| Mr Yeltsin's funeral, which will be broadcast live on national television, will be the first for a head of state sanctioned by the Church since Tsar Alexander III's in 1894. | Mr Yeltsin's funeral, which will be broadcast live on national television, will be the first for a head of state sanctioned by the Church since Tsar Alexander III's in 1894. |
| His body will then be moved to the city's Novodevichy Cemetery, the resting-place of many other eminent Russians. | His body will then be moved to the city's Novodevichy Cemetery, the resting-place of many other eminent Russians. |
| No Red Square | No Red Square |
| Mr Yeltsin will be buried close to Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of his great rival and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. | Mr Yeltsin will be buried close to Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of his great rival and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY I think Yeltsin will go down in history in a very negative way - his policies impoverished the country and tens of millions of its people Gosha, New York Send us your comments The only Soviet leader to be buried in the cemetery is Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev, who was ousted in 1964 and died in obscurity. Other Communist Party leaders are buried in Red Square by the Kremlin wall. | HAVE YOUR SAY I think Yeltsin will go down in history in a very negative way - his policies impoverished the country and tens of millions of its people Gosha, New York Send us your comments The only Soviet leader to be buried in the cemetery is Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev, who was ousted in 1964 and died in obscurity. Other Communist Party leaders are buried in Red Square by the Kremlin wall. |
| The BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow says the current administration has given no reason for its choice of funeral arrangements, but each decision is bound to be carefully analysed for what it might say about contemporary Russian politics and the country's modern history. | The BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow says the current administration has given no reason for its choice of funeral arrangements, but each decision is bound to be carefully analysed for what it might say about contemporary Russian politics and the country's modern history. |
| Mr Yeltsin died from cardiovascular and multi-organ failure 12 days after he was admitted to Moscow's central clinical hospital, medical officials said. | Mr Yeltsin died from cardiovascular and multi-organ failure 12 days after he was admitted to Moscow's central clinical hospital, medical officials said. |
| He developed a viral infection after a sightseeing trip to Jordan at the beginning of April, an unconfirmed report on the gazeta.ru website said. | He developed a viral infection after a sightseeing trip to Jordan at the beginning of April, an unconfirmed report on the gazeta.ru website said. |