(7 Mar 1995) 10:41:05
The remains of two members of the Russian royal family who escaped
the 1917 Russian Revolution and died in Europe nearly 60 years
ago, were returned on Tuesday (7/3) for burial in St Petersburg.
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, a second cousin to the last tsar
Nicholas II, and his wife, Viktoriya Fyodorovna, were moved from
Germany to the Peter and Paul Fortress cathedral, the burial place
of Russian tsars for more than 200 years. Leonida Georgievna, the
widow of a great-grandson of Tsar Alexander II, demanded the
reburial, claiming it had been the grand Duke Kyrill's last wish
to be buried in St Petersburg.
SHOWS:
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, 7/3
SHIP "ANNA KARENINA" CARRYING CORTEGE DOCKING
CORTEGE DRIVES OFF SHIP
FAMILY, INCLUDING GEORGIEVNA (OLDER WOMAN IN FUR) DISEMBARKING
CORTEGE ARRIVING OUTSIDE CHURCH
FLAG-DROPED COFFINS INSIDE CHURCH
PRIEST BLESSING COFFINS
ST. PETERSBURG MAYOR ANATOLY SOBCHAK PAYING RESPECTS
FAMILY PAYING RESPECTS
COFFINS LOWERED INTO VAULT
PRIEST AND FAMILY THROW SOIL ONTO COFFIN
MONUMENTAL TABLETS LOWERED OVER GRAVES
LAYING WREATHS
GEORGIEVNA HELPED OUT OF CHURCH INTO CAR
ONLOOKERS AND POLICE
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