Lenin's Tomb, with wall of the Kremlin and Russian parliament behind

Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, is the resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since the year he died, 1924. Red Square, with Lenins Tomb (center) Red Square at night, with Lenins Tomb (center) Red Square (Russian Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the famous square in Moscow which used to house huge military parades during the Soviet era. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow  listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... Embalming, in most modern cultures, is a process used to temporarily preserve a human cadaver to forestall decomposition and make it suitable for display at a funeral. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

On January 21, the day that Lenin died the Soviet government received more than 1000 telegrams from all over Russia with pleas not to bury his body and somehow preserve it for future generations. On the morning of January 22, Professor Aleksei Abrikosov - a prominent Russian pathologist and anatomist (not to be confused with a physicist Alexei Abrikosov) - embalmed Lenin's body to keep it intact until the burial. On the night of January 23, an architect Aleksei Schusev was given a task to design and build a tomb in 3 days that would be able to sift through all those who wanted to say their goodbyes to Lenin. On January 26, the decision was made to place the tomb at the Red Square by the Kremlin Wall. By January 27, Schusev built a tomb out of wood and at 4 p.m. that day they placed Lenin's coffin in it. More than 100,000 people visited the tomb within a month and a half. By August of 1924, Schusev upgraded the tomb to a bigger version. An architect Konstantin Melnikov designed Lenin's sarcophagus. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Soviet Union - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Pathology (in ancient Greek pathos = feeling, pain, suffering and logos = discourse or treatise, i. ... Greek anatome, from ana-temnein, to cut up), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things; thus there is animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytonomy). ... Alexei Alexeevich Abrikosov (Алексей Алексеевич Абрикосов) (born June 25, 1928, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR.) is a Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... A tomb is a small building (or vault) for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. ... The Kremlin Wall Necropolis (Некрополь у Кремлёвской стены in Russian) is a part of the wall, which surrounds the Moscow Kremlin and overlooks the Red Square, where traditionally the Soviets used to bury the most prominent figures of the USSR and other countries. ... An open coffin A coffin is a box used for the display and burial or cremation of a cadaver. ... A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. ...

Each year on January 21, Communist Party supporters line up to lay flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square to mark the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin.

In 1929, it was established that it would be possible to preserve Lenin’s body for a much longer period of time. Therefore, it was decided to exchange the wooden mausoleum with the one made of stone (architects Aleksei Schusev, I.A.Frantsuz, and G.K.Yakovlev). They used marble, porphyry, granite, labradorite, and other construction materials. In October of 1930, the construction of the stone tomb was finished. In 1973, sculptor Nikolai Tomsky designed a new sarcophagus. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Росси́йской Федера́ции = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... Red Square, with Lenins Tomb (center) Red Square at night, with Lenins Tomb (center) Red Square (Russian Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the famous square in Moscow which used to house huge military parades during the Soviet era. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... A mausoleum is a large and impressive tomb, usually constructed for a deceased leader. ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ... (For other meanings of Porphyr, see Porphyry) The baptismal font in the Cathedral of Magdeburg is made of rose porphyry from a site near Assuan, Egypt Porphyry is a very hard red, green or purple igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a... Granite - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Feldspar (from the German Feld, field, and Spat, a rock that does not contain ore) is the name of an important group of rock-forming minerals which make up perhaps as much as 60% of the Earths crust. ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

On January 26, 1924 the Head of the Moscow Garrison issued an order to place the Guard of Honor at the mausoleum. Russians call it the "Number One Sentry". After the events of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, the Guard of Honor was disbanded. For people named Garrison, see Garrison (disambiguation). ... Boris Yeltsin was President of the Russian Federation at the time of the crisis. ...

More than 73 million people visited Lenin's tomb between 1924 and 1972.

Though supposedly "rejuvenated" annually by Russian undertakers, Lenin's body looks so waxed that many people wonder if the body is still real. Some parts might be fake, or partially fake for the needs of presentability. Both the former Soviet government and the current Russian authorities refuse to comment on the topic of the body's authenticity. This article is about the vocation of a mortician and the death metal band; for the World Wrestling Entertainment superstar, see The Undertaker. ...

Joseph Stalin's embalmed body shared a spot next to Vladimir Lenin, from the time of his death in 1953 until October 31, 1961, when Stalin was removed and buried outside the walls of Kremlin. Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ...

Boris Yeltsin intended to close the tomb and give Lenin a real burial place, but did not achieve this while he was in power. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin  listen? (Борис Николаевич Ельцин, b. ...

The tomb is open every day except Mondays and Fridays from 9:00 to 13:00. Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. ... Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. ...

Lenin's preserved body is on permanent display in Moscow.