gave his only speech. Participants The ceremony was attended by more than thirty foreign visitors. These were the heads of state and government and other representatives of various countries, as well as many former heads of state and government, who had worked with Boris Yeltsin. A total of 12 foreign leaders, 16 former leaders, 4 governmental delegates and 3 multilateral leaders attended the funeral. In total, 50 countries and 3 organizations was represented. Also, in addition to foreign leaders, there were many Russian politicians. Gallery Memorials and Memory Yeltsin was memorialised in several ways in 2008. On 8 April, a street in Yekaterinburg, formerly 9 January Street, was renamed "Boris Yeltsin Street". On 23 April, a grand opening ceremony at Novodevichy Cemetery was held for the monument to Boris Yeltsin, made by sculptor Georgy Frangulyan. The memorial is a broad headstone, made in the colors of the Russian flag – a white marble, blue Byzantine mosaics and red porphyry. On the pavement under the tricolor is an engraved Orthodox cross. The ceremony was attended by Yeltsin's family, including his widow, Naina, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the president-elect Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergey Sobyanin, government members, friends, colleagues and others who worked with Yelstin. On the same day, the name of the Ural State Technical University was changed to include "Boris Yeltsin". On 25 January 2015, the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center opened in Yekaterinburg. See also Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin Death and state funeral of Leonid Brezhnev Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev References 2007 in Moscow 2007 in Russia April 2007 events in Russia Boris Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Yeltsin, Boris Yeltsin, Boris