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MOSCOW, April 25 (UPI) -- Russia's first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, was buried in Moscow Wednesday after a solemn service at an Orthodox cathedral.
The 76-year-old Yeltsin died Monday of heart failure and his memorial service was at the Russian Orthodox Christ the Savior Cathedral, where his body laid in state since Tuesday, the Novosti news agency reported.
Among the foreign dignitaries attending the service were former U.S. presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, along with German President Horst Koehler, Britain's Prince Andrew, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former Polish President Lech Walesa. The leaders of former Soviet republics of Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Lithuania also attended, the report said.
Before Yeltsin's coffin was lowered at the Novodevichy cemetery, his wife and two daughters said their last farewells as three artillery salvos were fired, Interfax reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Wednesday a national day of mourning and all entertainment programming was canceled on state media.
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