Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin

On April 23, 2007, Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state in 113 years to be buried in a church ceremony, after Emperor Alexander III.

Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin

On April 23, 2007, Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state in 113 years to be buried in a church ceremony, after Emperor Alexander III.