Orig. bildtext... STALIN LIES-IN-STATE. 7.3.53. A queue over ten miles long, 16 abreast, trudged slowly through the streets of Moscow today to pay their last homage to Stalin. They entered the Greal Hall of Columns where the body lies and walked round the hall in twos. - It was bitterly cold. Those who waited all night were half-frozen. PHOTO SHOWS:- Close-up of Stalin as he lies in state in the Great Hall of Columns today in Moscow. Orig. bildtext... Stalin lying-in-state in an open coffin in the Great Hall of Columns. Not. Stalin Anm. J Stalin 1878-1953, rysk-sovjetisk politiker, 1922 den förste generalsekreteraren i Sovjetunionens kommunistiska parti, övertog makten efter Lenins död 1924-1953. Mustascher Kistor Lit de parade CD670 persons: JOSEF STALIN sites: MOSKVA;SOVJETUNIONEN