Konstantin Chernenko
In Russia, during the time of the Soviet Union (1917–1991), the state funerals of the most senior political and military leaders, such as , , Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, and Konstantin Chernenko all followed the same basic outline. They took place in Moscow, beginning with a public lying in state of the deceased in the House of the Unions, and ending with an interment at Red Square.