Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev's Funeral/Похороны Брежнева

[Kronstadtsuperior]

What is the music the orchestra is playing in the beginning?

[tobiasf1]

are the corpses of all leaders (except Lenin) embalmed? (Or in other words, if they were to be dug up again, would they still be recognisable?)

[velikylenin22]

Why is Brezhnev's funeral march-past parade longer? (3 mins. vs 9 mins) Also Andropov and Chernenko's funerals get cut off at the end without completing the parade

[dvorven]

Vojenská přehlídka prostě to nemá chybu čest jeho památce Pohřeb se vším jak to má být moc super 

[dvorven]

měl důstojnej pohřeb ze vší poctou a ne jako Havel ten to mě odbyté rychle šup tam sním

[dvorven]

jsem na tohle koukal ve škole povyné škoda že to není v československém jazyce byla to krásná doba moc vspomínám

[SuperSharp20]

whats the song at 25 min? please help

[95andropov]

@SuperSharp20 in the defense of motherland - v.i. runov.

[SuperSharp20]

@95andropov Thanks Comrade!

[RedSamurai84]

@SuperSharp20 В защиту Родины 

[SuperSharp20]

@RedSamurai84 ?

[RedSamurai84]

@SuperSharp20 The name of the song you seek.

[SuperSharp20]

@RedSamurai84 Thanx , I cant read cyrillic :-( really nice channel! Greets from Germany

[viktoruschka]

@RedSamurai84 "In the defence of the homeland" or something like this, it's a known Russian march.

[moskovskaya84]

Medvedev watched the video on youtube!!

[Kregarian]

You seriously need to integrate an English translation feature so that the rest of us who do not speak Russian can understand what is going on throughout the video. Even though the Brezhnev era is attributed to the gradual degradation and fall of the Soviet Union, the events depicted in this video represent essential aspects of Cold War history. Thus, deciphering and fully comprehending these events is essentially a right for mankind considering that the legacy of the Cold War impacts us all.

[KrazyIvantheDIVINE]

@Kregarian Learn russian. Problem solved.

[Kregarian]

@KrazyIvantheDIVINE Obviously, Russian is not as widely spoken all around the world as English. Brezhnev's legacy did not only impact the Russian speaking people of the former USSR, but mainly on the citizens of the world at large. So if we want to understand the meaning behind the speeches of Mao or Charles De Gaulle we should learn French & Chinese? Is that the main premise of your point? Perhaps if the Russians did not lose the Cold War we would be speaking Russian. ;-)

[Ktaurus26]

how in the hell was he hero of the USSR five times?

[stureremil1942]

Khrushchev and Brezhnev were revisionists who stand against great communist movement and rebuilt capitalism in USSR. They are traitors of socialism. They were attacked by Chairman Mao Tse-tung, who understood good this reactionary policy.

[Serienkiller44]

@stureremil1942 yes really good perfect some kill the traitors^^

[tobiasf1]

Is that Gorbachev at the back of the coffin (15.26 back left from our perspective).

[RedSamurai84]

@tobiasf1 Yes, indeed, that is Gorbachev.

[0611ify]

@zeldanerd117 that's the Funeral march from Chopin ;)

marche Funèbre

[zeldanerd117]

What's that song that starts at 13:33?

[bibi5027]

@zeldanerd117 I dont know,but its emotive and scary at the same time

[RedSamurai84]

@zeldanerd117 Its Frederic Chopin's "Funeral March". 

[Gavnov]

@zeldanerd117 yes,him

[iliesko]

what is the name of the song starting at 03:08?..where could  i get it?

[Ktaurus26]

In My opinion i think Brezhnev's poor leadership lead to the collapse of the USSR. corruption started and lack of reforms are the first two things that come to mind with Brezhnev. Adropov could have saved the state if he lived but we will never know..

[LoPe724]

that's interesting that they show brezhnev getting buried not even andropov, chernenko & suslov's funeral even show the whole thing of all the classic leaders getting buried @ the necropolis. i wonder y they never show the whole thing 4 andropov & chernenko's burial sites?

[lanivil0209]

the name of the song that start at 1:27?

[paukrus]

Спи спокойно, дорогой Ильич. Хорошо, что ты не увидел воров и жуликов

[PeaceMorrison]

Might anyone happen to know the name of the first musical selection, before "Vocalise", and the other piece that starts at 3:06? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

[professor501]

Might anyone happen to know the name of the first musical selection, before "Vocalise", and the other piece that starts at 3:06? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

[tobiasf1]

I wonder where the place is where the Leaders were put on display for the final salute? (and from where they take them to the necropolis).

(or in other words, the place at 3.29)

[RedSamurai84]

@tobiasf1 That is the "House of Unions" - Дом союзов

[Sleck06]

@RedSamurai84 where did you get the footage for all these parades

[MrDanielMajid]

so like godfather song

[Ramaniac007]

long live the proletarian revolution!

[uuukkjj]

as brezhnev died so did the soviet union

[Lord123881]

rest in peace comrade Brezhnev

[Armando1735]

O último grande líder da URSS.

[n225cx]

Very interesting!

[terrendously]

can someone tell me the part where his coffin falls by accident? apparently the coffin slipped out of the bearers' grasp at the last moment

[afb3245]

@terrendously At 16:10 you can watch the sound it is not at the same time than the video. The coffin is on the shoulders of the people who bring it, and just at the next scene it is on the table. So, probably the soviet realization has change the sound to avoid us to hear the coffing falling into the grave. They put the sound of a cannion just at that moment. Sorry my bad english.

[terrendously]

@afb3245 thanks! very interesting. the music is great. i wonder how many people were truly sad that Brezhnev died though

[deathtocapitalism]

@afb3245 Brezhnev's coffin never fell into the grave. It was just a sound of artillery shot.

[7941series]

Man, I remember watching this on Polish TV way back....

[leofgal93]

whats the name of the march of 32:21?????

[RedSamurai84]

@leofgal93 На страже мира - On the Guard of the World.

[19mf53]

@RedSamurai84 He was a great man!! Long live the USSR!!! RIP kamerad Brezhjev

[mrtriola]

Pretty epic. Note the last person in the video to give his farewell at graveside... Fidel Castro.

[iliesko]

I would also want to know the name of the music that starts after vocalise..

[RecruitTororo]

yessss the music! anyone knows what is the name of the music?

[drronnie]

how about the piece after the Vocalise?

[bjr43]

Brezhnev had his ups and downs, the Soviet-Afghan war, his health. It bugs me he didn't retire when his helth started failing. In his later years, he messed up speeches a lot.

[Tokopol]

@bjr43 I'd still take him over Reagan. At least he didn't have Alzheimers while he was still leader, and "the big mo" was on his side in the Cold War until Misha screwed it all away.

[drronnie]

Whta is the sad music which starts at 1:40?

[PresidentGrasshopper]

@drronnie It's called Vocalise by by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

[drronnie]

@PresidentGrasshopper Thanks. It is very nice