Meanwhile, Beria is enraged at Khrushchev for allowing a crowd of mourners to enter Moscow by train because Beria believes that large crowds may start a revolution. After Svetlana refuses to attend her father's funeral, Beria convinces Malenkov to allow Vasily to attend Stalin's funeral as Stalin's only living son. As Stalin's funeral commences, a large crowd of mourners reaches the city. The NKVD guards fire warning shots but the crowd continues to march and begins singing the Internationale while throwing rocks at the guards. One of the rocks hits an officer and he orders the guards to open fire on the crowd. After the carnage ends, the officer shows regret, kneeling in a state of shock.