Thousands say farewell to ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev
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People walk past the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk past the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People line up to pay the last respects at the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev outside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People line up to pay the last respects at the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev outside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honour guards stand by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3. Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at the age of 91, will be buried at Moscow's Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife, Raisa, following a farewell ceremony at the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions, an iconic mansion near the Kremlin that has served as the venue for state funerals since Soviet times.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People line up to pay the last respects at the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev outside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People line up to pay the last respects at the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev outside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People react, during former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honour guards stand by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban walks to the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honour guards march by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov carries a portrait of the late former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev after a farewell ceremony at the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions in Moscow, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Memorial service personnel carry the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Irina Virganskaya, daughter of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, 2nd left, her husband Andrey Trukhachev, centre, and granddaughter Anastasia Virganskaya 2nd right, stand behind the coffin during his funeral, at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Irina Virganskaya, daughter of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev stands behind the coffin, during his funeral, at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Irina Virganskaya, daughter of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev says goodbye to him for the last time, during his funeral, at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honor guards remove a Russian flag from the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honor guards march past the grave of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People lay flowers on the grave of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during his funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3.