Many cried, thought - the sky would fall
March 5, 1953 - the official date of the death of Stalin. Soviet citizens learned about this from the message of Levitan. Your browser does not support HTML5 Levitan about Stalin's death Zinaida Shimonovna Sigiganevich (born in 1936) says: - The first few days after the death of Stalin, the people were in tension. At first they did not know that with him, he was sick. Then he died, but still did not report. And then, finally, they reported. Well, not a few days, but a few hours, probably.