LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Yuri Andropov funeral

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

14 Feb 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:41:09

Description

Live coverage of the funeral of Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Includes speeches in Russian by his successor Konstantin Chernenko; Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko; Minister of Defence Dmitriy Ustinov. Ends with cuts of music and sounds from the funeral. All in Russian, unable to confirm speakers given in legacy data, possibly further speakers.

Contributors

Andrei Gromyko; Konstantin Chernenko; Dmitriy Ustinov

Keywords

Deaths; USSR; Funerals; Communism; Politicians; Communist parties

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