Journal 123 – Moscow – a capital which I remember with pleasure
Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first democratically elected president, who died on April 23 of hear failure at the age of 76, was berried on April 25.
Yeltsin was buried in Moscow Novodevichy Cementary, which is located close to the Moscow river, and a baroque 16th century convent. It has been the traditional burial place for Russian’s elite during both Soviet and non-communist areas. The former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev with his wife Nina Kuhartshuk and composer Dmitry Shostakovich are buried there. There is resting famous playwright Mikhail Bulgakow, the author of the Master and Margarita.
Yeltsin’s spot is located close to the grave of Raisa Gorbachev’s wife. Raisa died in 1999, because of leukemia. I visited this old, historical cemetery many times.
The newspaper, Nezavisimaja Gazieta, has written that the Russian people remember Yeltsin as the man who gave people new life and new opportunities, and removed fear from their hearts.
However, the newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets, alluded to Yeltsin’s penchant for alcohol. In this context, the author noticed that Yeltsin’s one personal weakness, which is understandable and forgivable in Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin’s successor, led mourners on the way from Christ the Cathedral to the cemetery. Former Amreican Presidents George Bush, Sen. and Bill Clinton, former British Prime Minister John Major, Britain’s Prince Andrew and former Polish President Lech Walesa were among those who paid their final respect Boris Yeltsin. The leaders from former Soviet republics which are today of independent countries were present. Among them were, Kazakhstan President Nurtsultan Nazarbayev, Armenia President Kocharian, Belorus President Aleksander Lukashenko, Ukraine Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich and the Presidents Lithuania and Estonia.
I like to write about Moscow. I like this metropolis. I spent there a few laborious years of my life. I would like to see this city after 18 years, because I was there the last time in 1989.
Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first democratically elected president, who died on April 23 of hear failure at the age of 76, was berried on April 25.
Yeltsin was buried in Moscow Novodevichy Cementary, which is located close to the Moscow river, and a baroque 16th century convent. It has been the traditional burial place for Russian’s elite during both Soviet and non-communist areas. The former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev with his wife Nina Kuhartshuk and composer Dmitry Shostakovich are buried there. There is resting famous playwright Mikhail Bulgakow, the author of the Master and Margarita.
Yeltsin’s spot is located close to the grave of Raisa Gorbachev’s wife. Raisa died in 1999, because of leukemia. I visited this old, historical cemetery many times.
The newspaper, Nezavisimaja Gazieta, has written that the Russian people remember Yeltsin as the man who gave people new life and new opportunities, and removed fear from their hearts.
However, the newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets, alluded to Yeltsin’s penchant for alcohol. In this context, the author noticed that Yeltsin’s one personal weakness, which is understandable and forgivable in Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin’s successor, led mourners on the way from Christ the Cathedral to the cemetery. Former Amreican Presidents George Bush, Sen. and Bill Clinton, former British Prime Minister John Major, Britain’s Prince Andrew and former Polish President Lech Walesa were among those who paid their final respect Boris Yeltsin. The leaders from former Soviet republics which are today of independent countries were present. Among them were, Kazakhstan President Nurtsultan Nazarbayev, Armenia President Kocharian, Belorus President Aleksander Lukashenko, Ukraine Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich and the Presidents Lithuania and Estonia.
I like to write about Moscow. I like this metropolis. I spent there a few laborious years of my life. I would like to see this city after 18 years, because I was there the last time in 1989.
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