{"id":2750,"date":"2021-05-19T17:26:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html"},"modified":"2021-05-19T17:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:27:00","slug":"state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html","title":{"rendered":"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Massed mourners hail the dictator\u2019s flower-clad body in a film that gives long-lost footage a new and unnerving lease of life<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ab04fa7c-d89a-43e7-9a67-e3ec42648bfd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\" alt=\"State Funeral\" height=\"84\" width=\"140\" class=\"css-uk6cul lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"State Funeral\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\" height=\"84\" width=\"140\" class=\"css-uk6cul\"><\/noscript> A Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State FuneralA Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State Funeral<\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10\/Peter_Bradshaw,_L.png?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6d421d09a037265190e3742912ce98ca\" alt=\"Peter Bradshaw\" class=\"css-127nyrx lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10\/Peter_Bradshaw,_L.png?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6d421d09a037265190e3742912ce98ca\" alt=\"Peter Bradshaw\" class=\"css-127nyrx\"><\/noscript>@PeterBradshaw1Wed 19 May 2021 12.00 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1x4bywk\">For this very disquieting film, which is like a two-hour bad dream, Sergei Loznitsa has assembled hitherto unseen footage in colour and black-and-white that was shot in the Soviet Union in 1953; it shows the official obsequies for the death of Stalin, whose body is seen lying in state, surrounded by lush flowers, like a Marxist-Leninist Ophelia. All this was reportedly intended for an official film, but, as the Khrushchev era advanced, and Stalin\u2019s reputation declined, there was evidently no enthusiasm for editing and presenting this footage in the right spirit, and so it was allowed to languish, forgotten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1x4bywk\">And what is so extraordinary is that these scenes of people shuffling along in the streets, obediently reading newspaper reports, listening to speeches, presenting wreaths, were clearly intended to be edited as ambient material, doubtless accompanied with a strident voiceover. Loznitsa doesn\u2019t do this. He just presents long stretches of eerily fascinating scenes, the long national pageant of sleepwalker-solemnity, like a live feed from some reverential television broadcast. (You can imagine some Dimbleby-esque commentator for the actual funeral scenes at the end.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"sign-in-gate\">\n<figure id=\"6b5e5615-36bf-41be-8ac8-19602c69213f\" class=\"css-10khgmf\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PB_ZPTjgeyI?wmode=opaque&amp;feature=oembed\"  height=\"259\" width=\"460\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-1x4bywk\">Perhaps the most bizarre scene is at the airport when delegates from Soviet countries and communist parties from all over the world arrive to pay their respects: grim-faced men in heavy hats and coats who nonetheless are sometimes seen to smile, in fact obviously rather gratified and even excited by the event and by this demonstration of their own prestige. Undoubtedly, these unguarded moments would not have made the official cut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1x4bywk\">One such visitor we see here is Harry Pollitt, of the Communist party of Great Britain \u2013 a Stalin supplicant whose footnote in history came with opposing George Orwell\u2019s application to join the International Brigades in the Spanish civil war. Finally, we arrive at the official speeches at the funeral, given to the spectacular mass of people, from politicians such as Malenkov and Beria. (Beria\u2019s tactless existence in the film is perhaps another reason for its disappearance in the 50s; editing him out would be easy enough, but who else would need to be excised?)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e5d8f971-d895-487d-921a-66da93e96d6c\" class=\"css-1mfia18\">\u2018It\u2019s impossible to take your eyes off this infinitely dear face\u2019: the startling film about Stalin\u2019s funeral<\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-1x4bywk\">The faces are the most intriguing thing. Loznitsa gives us a montage of inscrutability and repressed anxiety. Some people \u2013 a very few \u2013 are shown crying. The rest are serious, watchful, deadpan and neutral, an accentuation of the faces people learned to show while Stalin was alive, in case any emotional demonstration at all could be interpreted as wrong or disloyal. Yet perhaps their sadness is too complex to be interpreted: a realisation that an era is coming to end, and a spell is lifting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1x4bywk\">Watching this, I kept wondering if I should scan the crowds for a glimpse of the six-month-old Vladimir Putin. How will his reign come to an end? Will Russia literally have to wait until his state funeral?<\/p>\n<p> State Funeral is released on 21 May on Mubi.<\/p>\n<p><!--noindex--><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2021\/may\/19\/state-funeral-review-joseph-stalin-ussr-russia-sergei-loznitsa\">Source<\/a><!--\/noindex--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massed mourners hail the dictator\u2019s flower-clad body in a film that gives long-lost footage a new and unnerving lease of life A Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State FuneralA Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State Funeral @PeterBradshaw1Wed 19 May 2021 12.00 EDT For this very disquieting film, which is like a two-hour bad dream, Sergei Loznitsa has assembled hitherto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-from-russia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union - Learn Russian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union - Learn Russian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Massed mourners hail the dictator\u2019s flower-clad body in a film that gives long-lost footage a new and unnerving lease of life A Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State FuneralA Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State Funeral @PeterBradshaw1Wed 19 May 2021 12.00 EDT For this very disquieting film, which is like a two-hour bad dream, Sergei Loznitsa has assembled hitherto [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Learn Russian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-19T17:27:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0d6f5f7bbb19440e07a465cadacf8014\"},\"headline\":\"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T17:27:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\"},\"wordCount\":544,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i.guim.co.uk\\\/img\\\/media\\\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\\\/0_218_2047_1228\\\/master\\\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News From Russia\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\",\"name\":\"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union - Learn Russian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i.guim.co.uk\\\/img\\\/media\\\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\\\/0_218_2047_1228\\\/master\\\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T17:27:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0d6f5f7bbb19440e07a465cadacf8014\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i.guim.co.uk\\\/img\\\/media\\\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\\\/0_218_2047_1228\\\/master\\\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i.guim.co.uk\\\/img\\\/media\\\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\\\/0_218_2047_1228\\\/master\\\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/\",\"name\":\"Learn Russian\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0d6f5f7bbb19440e07a465cadacf8014\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cb8defb436a9145a6d9818e569d809a425a51abab285acc70ac733f3e71e5e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cb8defb436a9145a6d9818e569d809a425a51abab285acc70ac733f3e71e5e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cb8defb436a9145a6d9818e569d809a425a51abab285acc70ac733f3e71e5e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediateka.online\\\/learnrussian\\\/author\\\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union - Learn Russian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union - Learn Russian","og_description":"Massed mourners hail the dictator\u2019s flower-clad body in a film that gives long-lost footage a new and unnerving lease of life A Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State FuneralA Marxist-Leninist Ophelia &#8230; State Funeral @PeterBradshaw1Wed 19 May 2021 12.00 EDT For this very disquieting film, which is like a two-hour bad dream, Sergei Loznitsa has assembled hitherto [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html","og_site_name":"Learn Russian","article_published_time":"2021-05-19T17:27:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/#\/schema\/person\/0d6f5f7bbb19440e07a465cadacf8014"},"headline":"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union","datePublished":"2021-05-19T17:27:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html"},"wordCount":544,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531","articleSection":["Latest News From Russia"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html","url":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html","name":"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union - Learn Russian","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531","datePublished":"2021-05-19T17:27:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/#\/schema\/person\/0d6f5f7bbb19440e07a465cadacf8014"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9199cbe61c92423baa1801423d2d0af69ae6e0a4\/0_218_2047_1228\/master\/2047.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bb3e6f1cbc6894af2dbde9e32cd4c531"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/state-funeral-review-the-eerie-last-rites-of-stalins-soviet-union.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"State Funeral review \u2013 the eerie last rites of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/#website","url":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/","name":"Learn Russian","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/#\/schema\/person\/0d6f5f7bbb19440e07a465cadacf8014","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cb8defb436a9145a6d9818e569d809a425a51abab285acc70ac733f3e71e5e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cb8defb436a9145a6d9818e569d809a425a51abab285acc70ac733f3e71e5e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cb8defb436a9145a6d9818e569d809a425a51abab285acc70ac733f3e71e5e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian"],"url":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}