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Honor guards stand by the coffin of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin inside Christ the Savior Cathedral, during a farewell ceremony, Moscow, Wednesday, April 25, 2007, with Yeltsin's family members and dignitaries behind the coffin. Russia bid a solemn farewell Wednesday to Boris Yeltsin, its first post-Soviet leader, in a funeral presided over by some two dozen white-robed priests, with and a crowd of dignitaries including President Vladimir Putin and two former U.S. leaders in attendance. Before the funeral, more than 20,000 people had filed through the gold-domed Cathedral of Christ the Savior in central Moscow to view the body of Yeltsin, who died Monday at age 76. (AP Photo/Pool)