In Russia, it may be cold enough to leave the dead lying overnight in church, often in an open coffin.

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He had said that his coffin should be open, so he would have his face to the sun as his pyre was set ablaze.

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"They put the coffin on top of a stretcher and we looked for a little crowbar to open it because it was nailed shut, " Veron told a local television station.

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