State Funeral (Государственные похороны)

STATE FUNERAL

Moscow calling!

This is a special bulletin

from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR,

Council of Ministers of the USSR

and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

To all Party members,

to all the working people of the USSR!

Dear comrades and friends!

The Central Committee of the Communist Party,

Council of Ministers and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR,

with the deepest sorrow

inform the Party

and all the working people of the USSR

that on March 5,

at 9.50 pm,

the Chairman of Council of Ministers of the USSR,

the Secretary of the Central Committee

of the Communist Party of the USSR,

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin passed away after a serious illness.

The heart of Lenin’s comrade-in-arms, and visionary follower of Lenin’s cause,

the wise leader of the Communist Party and the Soviet people,

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, has stopped beating.

Medical report on the cause of death of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin.

On the night of March 2, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

suffered a haemorrhage in the left hemisphere of the brain,

caused by hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

This resulted in a paralysis of the right side of the body,

and loss of consciousness.

On the first day of the illness,

breathing difficulty occurred due to the damage to the nervous system.

The condition worsened day by day.

The breathing pattern was irregular, with prolonged temporary stops –

so-called Cheyne-Stokes respiration.

On the night of March 3,

respiratory arrests became life-threatening.

From the onset of illness,

the following cardiovascular disorders were diagnosed:

high blood pressure, rapid and irregular heartbeat,

atrial fibrillation and dilated cardiomyopathy.

Oxygen deficiency caused by the deterioration of the respiratory

and cardiovascular systems was observed on March 3.

From the first day of illness,

the patient had high fever and leukocytosis –

possible symptoms of lung infection.

On the last day of illness,

the condition deteriorated rapidly

resulting in acute heart failure and collapse.

ECG test revealed

acute restriction of the blood flow in the coronary artery

and damage to the heart muscle.

In the afternoon of March 5,

the patient’s condition deteriorated rapidly.

Fast and shallow breathing was observed,

heartbeat rate increased to 140-150 bpm,

the pulse force decreased.

At 21 hours 50 minutes,

due to cardiovascular and respiratory failure,

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin died.

Our first day without Stalin,

It's the day when he is gone.

Death has come, and everything is useless.

Death has come - and we are all alone.

The Soviet people promise to work tirelessly

in order to fulfill Stalin's cause

and to build Communism.

Long live Stalin's immortal cause!

Long live the great Soviet people,

Communism builders, who will live to see the triumph of Communism!

Stalin is dead, long live Stalin!

Our Father passed away, our hearts are full of sadness:

He’ll never shake a comrade’s hand again,

But to his people he has left his genius,

His heart of steel forever will remain!

The sacred banners carried by the comrades,

A road full of hardships lies ahead,

The Central Committee, invincible and glorious,

Will overcome and will defy his death!

When all of us, we saw him in his coffin,

And said good-bye and paid our last respects,

We knew his might...

But how softened his features now, as he’s laid to rest.

We knew he was the best on our planet,

Victorious in every battle, every war,

To think of other people was his tenet,

His heart was selfless to the core.

This tragedy has brought us close together,

As no joyful day has ever done,

We stand united, holding hands forever,

We serve our Stalin, we are all as one.

It’s impossible to take your eyes off this infinitely dear face.

Your eyes are full of tears,

you hold your breath,

you are overwhelmed with sorrow,

shared by millions, hundreds of millions of people.

I look and look again.

I won’t stop looking.

For the first time in my life, with all my heart, with all my mind

I grasp this mysterious word: immortality.

This is it!

Immortality.

It is true – Joseph Vissarionovich passed away.

It’s true that his heart stopped beating.

His warm and passionate heart.

His heart, devoted to the people.

His motionless head rests on the pillow.

Never again

will a genius thought be born in it.

His lips are sealed tight under his moustache.

Never again will they utter

his carefully considered words.

And yet – there is no death here!

So many precious thoughts were born in his genius brain!

So many wise words, inspiring millions of people,

were uttered by these lips.

So much love!

Overwhelming, life-giving love for mankind

was given to the world

by this daring and courageous heart,

that there is no room left for the word “death”!

There is no death here!

There is only eternal life!

Immortality!

Stalin’s immortality is in his deeds.

It is in Communism, that we shall achieve.

We shall certainly achieve it, for Stalin taught us how to!

People bring more and more wreaths to the coffin.

A wreath of fresh tulips,

interwoven with ammodendron and saxaul branches.

A wreath of dark-green fresh branches,

wide and shiny magnolia leaves.

A wreath of heavy,

golden stalks of ripened wheat,

it lies glaring, decorated with silk ribbons.

A wreath of stainless steel, bronze and brass.

Pointed palm leaves, golden arrows of laurels

and mighty bronze of oak leaves and acorns.

He gave us his advice. He helped us grow.

He was everywhere. He was always with us.

Every child knew his name from birth,

and cherished it as a keepsake.

His name, which is so dear to us,

which is so dear to all mankind,

his name continues to shine

and to illuminate our road to Communism,

just as it illuminated our entire lives.

This name is immortal.

So long as mankind lives,

it shall be illuminated by the light

of this life-giving and immortal genius.

It’ll take us a long time to come to terms

with these plain and cruel words:

“Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin’s heart has stopped beating.”

We were so full of love for him;

our life was enriched with his genius,

which he shared not only with the millions of compatriots,

but also with the people abroad.

We don’t have the right to be weak.

We are not ashamed of our tears and of our sorrow.

In our sorrow is the strength of love.

The happiness he gave us, will stay with us.

It will live in us,

just as his beautiful and glorious image will remain with us forever.

We’ll always remember his infinite kindness,

the way he cared for our Soviet people.

His selfless love for the Soviet people,

for every single one of us, will live in us.

The great happiness of building

the universal and the wonderful happiness of Communism!

We swear by Stalin’s glorious memory,

we promise to our Mother – the Communist Party –

that our whole life, our every deed and every thought,

will belong to our great Party,

to its great teachings, to the great cause of building Communism!

We will remember his every word...

We despise death; there will be no death...

The man, who brought precious gifts

to millions of people around the world

who turned a human into such a strong,

noble and honourable being,

as it has never been seen in the history of mankind.

It’s not true that he is no longer with us!

He is with us!

In our every deed,

in every drop of blood, that runs through our veins,

in every breath we take,

lives the gift of Stalin, the gift he gave to humanity,

the way to the great,

bright and universal future – to Communism!

We address the entire mankind!

Long live the great and invincible banner of Lenin and Stalin!

Long live Communism,

the embodiment of our leader's eternal life!

You were with us

Through all the wars and hardships,

You nurtured us, you kept a watchful eye,

Your toast in honour of the ordinary Russians

Opened up our hearts and made us laugh and cry.

We celebrated Victory like birthday, we started our lives as if anew.

You know that true love is never worldly,