Where Lenin is buried. Why wasn’t Lenin buried right away and what awaits the leader in the coming years? Why isn't Lenin buried?

Lenin's funeral took place on January 27, 1924. Was Ilyich's last wish fulfilled? Why was the funeral date repeatedly postponed? Who initiated the idea of embalming? Ilyich’s final journey is still surrounded by an aura of mystery.

Last will

At the end of the 80s of the last century, a version appeared that Lenin left a written will in which he asked to be buried at the Volkovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg, next to his mother. The author of the version is considered to be the historian Akim Arutyunov, who, according to the owner of Lenin’s Petrograd safe house, stated that the leader asked Krupskaya “to try to do everything so that he is buried next to his mother.” However, no documentary evidence of Lenin’s will was found. In 1997, the Russian Center for the Storage and Study of Documents of Contemporary History, when asked whether a will exists, gave an exhaustive answer: “We do not have a single document from Lenin or his relatives regarding Lenin’s “last will” to be buried in a specific Russian ( Moscow or St. Petersburg) cemetery."

Changing the date

Vladimir Lenin died on January 21, 1924. The organization of the funeral was carried out by a specially created commission under the leadership of Dzerzhinsky. Initially, the ceremony was scheduled for January 24 - the funeral was probably supposed to be held according to a “modest scenario”: the removal of the body from the House of Unions, a rally on Red Square and a burial procedure at the Kremlin wall, in front of Sverdlov’s grave. But this option was rejected, most likely due to the fact that delegates from distant regions and most republics did not have time to “catch up” by this date. At the same time, a new proposal appeared: to schedule the funeral for Saturday, January 26. On the evening of January 21, telegrams were sent out announcing Lenin’s death and the funeral date set for the 26th. But on January 24, it became clear that the burial site would not be prepared by this date: the work was hampered not only by the frozen ground, but also by communications, including the allegedly discovered underground rooms and passages that had to be sealed. A new deadline was set for the arrangement of the crypt - no later than 18.00 on January 26, and the new date of the funeral was postponed to 27.

Trotsky's absence

There could well be other reasons for the date change. For example, the so-called “Trotsky factor” is widely known - allegedly Stalin, fearing a strong rival, deliberately “tricked up” with the date and forbade (!) Trotsky to return from Tiflis, where he was undergoing treatment. However, it was Trotsky who was one of the first to receive a telegram about Lenin’s death. At first he expressed his readiness to return to Moscow, and then, for some reason, changed his mind. The change in his decision, however, can only be judged by Stalin’s response telegram, in which he regrets “the technical impossibility of arriving at the funeral” and gives Trotsky the right to decide for himself whether to come or not. Trotsky’s memoirs record a telephone conversation with Stalin, when he allegedly said: “The funeral is on Saturday, you won’t make it anyway, we advise you to continue treatment.” As you can see, there is no prohibition, only advice. Trotsky could have easily made it to the funeral if, for example, he had used a military plane, and also if he really wanted to. But Trotsky had reasons not to return. He could well believe that Lenin was poisoned by the conspirators led by Stalin, and he, Trotsky, was next.

Causes of death

Throughout 1923, newspapers reported on Lenin's state of health, creating a new myth about the leader who steadfastly fought the disease: reads newspapers, is interested in politics, and hunts. It is known that Lenin suffered a series of strokes: the first turned 52-year-old Ilyich into an invalid, the third killed him. In the last months of his life, Lenin hardly spoke, could not read, and his “hunting” looked like walking in a wheelchair. Almost immediately after his death, Lenin's body was opened to determine the cause of death. After a thorough examination of the brain, it was determined that there was a hemorrhage. They announced to the workers: “the dear leader died because he did not spare his strength and did not know rest in his work.” During the days of mourning, the press strongly emphasized the sacrifice of Lenin, the “great sufferer.” This was another component of the myth: Lenin, indeed, worked a lot, but he was also quite attentive to himself and his health, did not smoke, and, as they say, did not abuse. Almost immediately after Lenin’s death, a version appeared that the leader was poisoned on Stalin’s orders, especially since no tests were done that would have detected traces of poison in his body. It was assumed that another cause of death could be syphilis - the drugs at that time were primitive and sometimes dangerous, and venereal diseases in some cases can indeed provoke a stroke, but the leader’s symptoms, as well as the post-mortem autopsy, refuted these speculations.

Detailed report

The first public bulletin, which was released immediately after the autopsy, contained only a summary of the causes of death. But already on January 25, “official autopsy results” appeared with numerous details. In addition to a detailed description of the brain, the results of a skin examination were given, down to the indication of each scar and injury, the heart was described and its exact size, the condition of the stomach, kidneys and other organs were indicated. British journalist, head of the Moscow branch of the New York Times, Walter Duranty, was surprised that such detail did not make a depressing impression on the Russians; on the contrary, “the deceased leader was an object of such intense interest that the public wanted to know everything about him.” However, there is information that the report caused “shocked bewilderment” among the non-party Moscow intelligentsia and they saw in it a purely materialistic approach to human nature characteristic of the Bolsheviks. Such detailed anatomy and emphasis shifted to the inevitability of death could have another reason - the doctors, who “failed” to save the patient, were simply trying to protect themselves.

Comrades from the provinces

The first embalming was performed on January 22, almost immediately after the autopsy, which was carried out by a group of doctors led by Dr. Abrikosov. At first, the body was supposed to be preserved until the funeral, then they “outplayed” it by carrying out a new procedure, the effect of which was designed to last for forty days. The idea of embalming was first proposed back in 1923, but no documents were found that would specify how the decision was made. To turn Lenin's burial place into the main shrine is a completely understandable desire: the country needed a “new religion” and “the incorruptible relics of a new saint.” It is interesting that Gorky compared Lenin to Christ, who “took upon himself the heavy burden of saving Russia.” Similar parallels were visible in newspaper articles and statements of many authoritative people of that time.
Perhaps, when Stalin expressed a desire to bury Lenin “in Russian,” he had in mind precisely the Orthodox church custom of putting the relics of a saint on public display, which can be explained - Stalin studied at a theological seminary and, perhaps, this idea was not for him random. Trotsky objected irritably: it was not proper for the party of revolutionary Marxism to go down such a road, “to replace the relics of Sergei of Radonezh and Seraphim of Sarov with the relics of Vladimir Ilyich.” Stalin referred to mysterious comrades from the provinces who opposed cremation, which contradicts Russian understanding: “Some comrades believe that modern science has the ability to preserve the body of the deceased for a long time with the help of embalming.” Who these “comrades from the provinces” were remains a mystery. On January 25, Rabochaya Moskva published three letters from “representatives of the people” under the heading “Lenin’s body must be preserved!” In the summer of 1924, despite the protests of Krupskaya and Lenin’s closest relatives, a message was published in the press about the decision “not to bury the body of Vladimir Ilyich, but to place it in the Mausoleum and extend access to those who wish.”

More than alive!

Even after the assassination attempt on Lenin in 1918, a dualism in his image arose: a mortal man and an immortal leader. Grief for the deceased Ilyich was to be replaced by an inspired struggle, headed by the immortal Lenin as before. The newspapers wrote: “Lenin has died. But Lenin is alive in millions of hearts... And even with his very physical death, Lenin gives his last order: “Workers of all countries, unite!” Funeral processions, wailing sirens and five-minute work stoppages - all these actions during Lenin's funeral became important links in the creation of his cult. Millions of workers from all over Russia came to say goodbye to Lenin. In 35-degree frost, people warmed themselves by the fires, waiting for their turn, and then, in complete silence, occasionally broken by uncontrollable sobs, they passed by the coffin. They were united by one thing: grief and ardent faith in the promised bright future. Whether it will end and with whose “victory” is for now the main mystery of Ilyich’s funeral.

" M. Zygar

Bury Lenin

In 1999, the Kremlin developed a clear plan for Lenin’s burial. His body was supposed to be removed from the Mausoleum on Red Square and taken to St. Petersburg in the dead of night, in the strictest secrecy. In the morning everyone woke up, and Lenin was no longer on Red Square.

In the same way, 38 years earlier, on a late autumn evening, Stalin’s body was taken out of the Mausoleum - although he was not taken far, but was buried nearby, near the Kremlin wall. For Nikita Khrushchev, the then Soviet leader, it was a symbol of de-Stalinization and the debunking of the cult of personality.

Lenin’s reburial had to take place “with dignity and without rudeness,” Kremlin administration employees recall. It’s just that after this it would be necessary to cordon off the Volkovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg for a couple of months (the place where Lenin’s mother and sisters are buried and, according to legend, the founder of the Soviet state bequeathed to be buried). And endure several months of protests from the Communist Party. After this, passions would have subsided: it was planned to dismantle the Mausoleum and build a monument to the victims of totalitarianism on this site, so that no one would be dissuaded from demolishing it. This was supposed to be a decisive blow to communist ideology. At that time, this was the most important task for the Kremlin: to prevent Soviet revenge and defeat the communists.

The office of the head of the Kremlin administration, Alexander Voloshin, was located approximately 10–15 meters from Lenin’s sarcophagus in the Mausoleum. They say that Voloshin liked to joke: “The distance from me to the corpse is no more than 15 meters in a straight line. He lies there, I work here. We don't bother each other."

In fact, Lenin was very disturbing. He prevented President Boris Yeltsin from putting an end to the past - for him, the burial of the leader would have become a symbol that new times have come and the changes that have occurred are irreversible, just like the burial of Stalin for Khrushchev 36 years ago. For the first time, it was the first mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, who proposed burying Lenin back in 1991, but both then and in subsequent years, Yeltsin could not fulfill his request - he did not want to enter into an unnecessary conflict with the communists.

For Voloshin, Lenin was not so much a symbol as a concrete, always living player in current politics. The fight against the Communist Party was a vital part of the daily concerns of the Kremlin's chief strategist. Lenin was an ace in his hole for him, an opportunity to punch his opponent in the gut. The communists became the main force in parliament and therefore had the opportunity to torpedo any critical reform. And after the 1998 crisis, the communists actually controlled the government, which was headed by 69-year-old Yevgeny Primakov, a former candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee and former Russian Foreign Minister.

There was just over a year and a half left before the expiration of Boris Yeltsin's presidential term, as prescribed in the constitution, and it seemed that the communists had never been so strong. The Communist Party launched impeachment proceedings against President Yeltsin, accusing him of five counts: the collapse of the USSR, the dispersal of parliament in 1993, the war in Chechnya, the collapse of the army and the genocide of the Russian people. Prime Minister Primakov, for whom the Communists voted unanimously, ranked first in the ranking of the country's most popular politicians and seemed to be the most promising presidential candidate.

His striking anti-American gesture – a U-turn over the Atlantic – brought him particular popularity. On March 24, 1999, Primakov was flying to Washington when Vice President Al Gore called him and said that the United States was beginning bombing of Yugoslavia in order to end the conflict in Kosovo. An outraged Primakov turned his plane around and returned to Moscow. The Russian press - pro-Kremlin and liberal - criticized Primakov for populism and flirting with the communist electorate. The first in the USSR and the main business newspaper in Russia at that time, Kommersant, assured that due to Primakov’s demarche, Russia lost $15 billion, which it could have earned as a result of signing the agreements prepared in Washington: “Thus, the Russian Prime Minister made his choice - the choice of a real communist. A Bolshevik, ready to completely neglect the interests of his Motherland and people for the sake of internationalism, understandable only to him and former members of the CPSU,” Kommersant was indignant.

The turn over the Atlantic was the first gesture of state anti-Americanism in the 1990s and showed how popular it could be among a population lacking a sense of national pride. It also became the beginning of a decisive battle for power: anti-Western conservatives, whose banner was Primakov, and liberal and pro-Western forces demanding to prevent Soviet revenge, which did not have a leader, but had a secret coordinator - the head of the Kremlin administration, Alexander Voloshin.

In this situation, the communists had to be thrown off balance. And Lenin’s reburial could have been a ritual crushing blow. But legislation got in the way. According to current legislation, it was possible to move Lenin’s body in one of three cases. Or by the direct will of the descendants - but Lenin’s relatives were categorically against it. Or by decision of local authorities (i.e., in fact, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov) “in violation of sanitary and environmental requirements for the maintenance of a burial site” - and he was preparing to enter into a struggle for power, clearly not on the side of the Kremlin and liberals. Or if the grave interfered with the passage of public transport. But not by direct order of the president. Violation of this law was considered a criminal offense. Adding vandalism to the five charges against the president that the communists brought forward in parliament was too risky. Therefore, the Kremlin decided to make another sharp move - to strike not at Lenin, but at Primakov.

On May 12, 1999, three days before the impeachment vote in the State Duma, Primakov was dismissed with the official wording “for the lack of dynamism in reforms in solving economic problems.” On May 15, the communists did not get the required 300 votes to begin the impeachment procedure - the presidential administration worked well with parliamentarians, almost all independent deputies voted against. It was a tactical victory for Voloshin, but it did not cancel the main issue. How to prevent the victory of the alliance of communists and Primakov in a year, when Yeltsin’s second presidential term expires?

The main difficulty was that there were practically no politicians around Yeltsin who had at least some kind of political rating. The rating of the oldest President Yeltsin was almost negative - largely due to the accusations that the press and the opposition (primarily the Communists) brought against his family. At that time, the press wrote the word “Family” with a capital letter, meaning that the president’s family had a special, sometimes even disproportionately large weight in the state, and possibly in business. The Family was understood primarily as Tanya and Valya (the press usually called them by abbreviated names, but everyone immediately understood who they were talking about), i.e. Tatyana Dyachenko (the president’s daughter) and Valentin Yumashev (the former head of his administration). They weren’t married then—Tanya and Valya would get married only in 2001. In a broader sense, the Family also included the oligarchs closest to Tanya and Valya: Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. Finally, the executor of the Family was Alexander Voloshin, the head of President Yeltsin’s administration; it was he who had to resolve the almost hopeless situation in which the Kremlin found itself.

Voloshin was sometimes called “frostbitten” in the Kremlin for his toughness and determination on issues that seemed fundamentally important to him, such as the idea of removing Lenin from the Mausoleum.

Coming from a business background, who worked in dozens of companies with varying reputations in the 1990s, Voloshin was considered a staunch statist who defended the interests of the state as he saw them. The market economy seemed to him an absolutely vital value, and human rights and freedom of speech were not always useful, sometimes redundant details.

The situation in which Voloshin found himself as the main manager of the Kremlin was complicated by the fact that the Family had a very strong opponent - Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The owner of Moscow has long been considered the natural heir, albeit the antipode of Yeltsin - like the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, under the elderly French President Francois Mitterrand. The whole country knew him, but not as a liberal or conservative—Luzhkov had no ideology—he was known as a “strong business executive.”

Luzhkov wanted power for himself personally and almost never hid it. When running for president in 1998, Luzhkov created his own Fatherland movement. He had a group of supporters in the Kremlin who persuaded Yeltsin to rely on Luzhkov and choose him as his successor. But Yeltsin did not like Luzhkov.

Preliminary negotiations were held with him. Now Luzhkov recalls that, as an emissary of the Family, Berezovsky met with him, who said that he could be supported if two conditions were met: a guarantee of immunity for the entire Family and a guarantee of the inviolability of the results of privatization. Luzhkov refused, and that is precisely why, according to him, an information war was launched against him later.

Luzhkov was absolutely sure that the Family’s affairs were bad and it was unlikely that anything would help it. According to rumors, the head of the investigation department of the Prosecutor General's Office has already signed arrest warrants for Tanya and Valya. Detractors described the mood in the Kremlin as follows: they will or will not have time to get to Sheremetyevo airport if necessary. Luzhkov quite logically did not want to join the fight on the side of those whom he considered the losers. He wanted to team up with the winners.

Voloshin, having barely headed the administration, tried to show Luzhkov signs of attention, came to visit him, drank tea with him. But these tea parties led to nothing: Luzhkov could not restrain himself and, when he saw President Yeltsin’s weakness, he instinctively went on the attack. However, the information war between Luzhkov and the Family almost destroyed his rating. Therefore, the mayor of Moscow decided to cheat. He supported Primakov in the hope of letting the elderly patriarch of the nation go ahead, in order to wait out the storm behind his back, and four years later be elected himself.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil oligarch who at that moment was in close contact with both Luzhkov and Primakov, is sure that they would not have dared to challenge Yeltsin himself, being deeply systemic people. According to Khodorkovsky, the goal of their struggle was still to achieve from Yeltsin the right to become his successor. However, on the second level - against the entourage of the President and his Family - the battle was in earnest.

The Kremlin did not have any counterweight to the popular retiree Primakov. A year before the end of Yeltsin's term, the Family began casting for the position of Yeltsin's successor. It ended only in August - FSB director Vladimir Putin was appointed prime minister. A young, unknown security officer, the former right hand of Anatoly Sobchak, who had lost his former popularity as a first-wave democrat.

Two days before his appointment, militants from Chechnya invaded the neighboring North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. Thus, Putin became the first prime minister who did not have to deal with economic problems and lose his rating because of this - he fought with an external enemy and only earned points from it. A month later, terrorists blew up two houses in Moscow - this was a blow to the positions of Mayor Luzhkov and helped Putin a little more.

But it was still impossible to believe that the Family, which had compromised itself, could win the elections. “Primakov is a man doomed to win the presidential election,” said the country’s main TV presenter, chairman of the board of directors of the NTV channel, Yevgeny Kiselev, just three months before the New Year, in September 1999. Primakov's rating was the highest; he was supported by Moscow Mayor Luzhkov and almost all Russian governors. He was financed by the country's two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Yukos, he was given money by Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who was called the "Russian Bill Gates", he was supported by Gazprom and the country's main media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky, which is why Primakov was praised on NTV, the most authoritative television channel countries.

That's not even the main thing. Three months remained before the parliamentary elections. A pro-Kremlin party has never won a Duma election before, and this time things were even worse. The Kremlin did not have any party of its own. But Primakov had a party that expected to win the parliamentary elections. It included almost all the country’s governors, which means that administrative resources throughout the country were on Primakov’s side. “Fatherland – All Russia”, or OVR for short, was an absolute favorite.

Dreams of Lenin's burial had to be put on hold again. The fight against the legacy of communism faded into the background - first it was necessary to defeat the former communist Primakov.

I came into the comments to say that by the middle I had completely forgotten about Lenin, such a fascinating plot, but here everyone is like that)

What is typical in those days, all this did not seem so interesting, because events often developed slowly and the interconnection of what was happening was not always possible for the average person to trace

Discussions still continue about why Lenin is not buried. Despite all the explanations and reasoning, no one gave a clear answer. Some are inclined to believe that the leader of the proletariat should be immortal and always remind of himself, while others think that all this is connected with Let’s look into everything in more detail.

Illness and death of the leader

Before answering the question of why Lenin is not buried, let's talk about the reasons for his death. Vladimir Ilyich died at the age of 53. The leader of the proletariat died from “softening of the brain tissue.” The death occurred in the village of Gorki (Moscow region). In the last days of Lenin's life, his wife closely watched and looked after him

After this terrible event and after the body was moved to Moscow, the question arose of how and where to bury the leader. Almost unanimously, the decision was made to embalm Vladimir Ilyich’s body. The initiator was Stalin, who believed that the leader’s body should be buried like the relics of saints.

Different opinion

If we consider the question of why Lenin is not buried, then there is another version. Many argue that at that time there were people among the Bolsheviks who hoped for significant advances in science. Some believed that in the future there would finally be a way to revive the leader of the proletariat. That is why Lenin's body was embalmed and not buried.

Why isn't Lenin buried? Mystic

An interesting fact remains that the famous architect A. Shchusev, who built several famous churches and temples in Russia, chose to cope with the task using the pagan method. Thus, he chose the Pergamon Altar, or Mesopotamian cult tower, as the basis for the project to build a mausoleum for the leader.

As is known, the expulsion of the Chaldeans, Semitic tribes with the skills of witchcraft, magic and fortune-telling, took place in Pergami. The priests managed to give life again to their religion, which did not recognize Jesus Christ. Therefore, Pergamum, to some extent, was considered a truly satanic place, since Chaldean magic and witchcraft rituals regularly took place on this territory.

One of the patrons of all Chaldeans was the god Vil, who, according to legend, was in a temple resembling a quadrangle shape. The temple was formed by 7 towers, which narrowed one after another.

It was from him that Shchusev “took off” the architectural design for the construction of Lenin’s mausoleum. Some agree that Shchusev compared Vladimir Ilyich with the god Vil. Therefore, it was decided to make the mausoleum in the style of an altar.

These guesses were confirmed by the publicist G. Marchenko, who wrote that the architect took the Pergamon Altar as a basis. Then the famous archaeologist F. Poulsen provided him with all the necessary information.

This begs another question: “Why was Lenin buried in the mausoleum of Satan?”

Another mystical version

Why did you decide not to bury Lenin? There is another thought on this matter. Some believed that the leader was in league with the devil. That’s why the mausoleum itself was originally built according to all the laws of magic.

It was even believed that Lenin’s tomb was very similar to the cult building of the Bolshevik system, thanks to which it was planned to solve problems of an international scale.

It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the right corner of Lenin’s tomb there is an inconspicuous niche. Inside it has a protruding corner, which is very reminiscent of a longitudinal spike. It is believed that the main purpose of this corner is to absorb vital force. After all, a huge number of people pass by the niche, military parades and various demonstrations are organized.

Some believed that the person standing above the niche (and Stalin stood above it during the demonstrations) controlled the consciousness and thoughts of people passing by like a hypnotist.

A sensational video about the leader’s movements in the sarcophagus

A few years ago, a video spread around the world, which clearly showed how Lenin’s mummy first raised his hand, and then raised his upper body and fell again into the sarcophagus.

The video was filmed with a hidden camera installed in the main hall of the mausoleum. After some time, American scientists decided to check the recording for plausibility. As a result, the researchers stated that there was no editing, coloring or insertion of frames. Then the Americans wanted to study Lenin’s body, but the Russian government did not give permission, citing special secrecy.

Until now, the question of why Lenin is not buried remains relevant. People are also interested in how a mummy's nails and hair can grow. It also leads to terrible thoughts that the mausoleum workers unanimously claim that they saw the mummy moving in the sarcophagus.

The reaction of the people, or why are people against the burial of the leader?

Lenin's body remains untouched to this day thanks to public opinion. Almost half of Muscovites are against the embalmed body being finally buried. This is explained by the fact that many do not understand the mystical meaning that the mausoleum carries. Few people know that the building belongs to an ancient satanic cult.

One should not ignore the fact that in 2011 there was a picket on the streets of Moscow. People demanded to remove it from the Mausoleum.

The United Russia party also supported the decision, conducting an online poll in which people were asked to vote in favor of giving the body of the great leader to the earth. As it turned out, 43% of respondents believed that Lenin’s embalming was contrary to all Orthodox and moral values. The rest turned out to be committed to keeping Vladimir Ilyich in the mausoleum. Therefore, the answer to the question of why Lenin’s body is not buried is clear.

We hope that the situation will be resolved in the right direction soon. But for now it remains unclear - does the main proletarian deserve such a terrible fate? One thing is clear: until the leader’s body is buried, Russia will not gain peace and happiness.

Discussions still continue about why Lenin is not buried. Despite all the explanations and reasoning, no one gave a clear answer. Some are inclined to believe that the leader of the proletariat must be immortal and always remind of himself, while others think that all this is connected with mystical events. Let's take a closer look at everything.

Illness and death of the leader

Before answering the question of why Lenin is not buried, let's talk about the reasons for his death. Vladimir Ilyich died at the age of 53. The leader of the proletariat died from “softening of the brain tissue.” The death occurred in the village of Gorki (Moscow region). In the last days of Lenin’s life, his wife N.K. Krupskaya closely watched and looked after him.

Different opinion

Why isn't Lenin buried?

Mysticism An interesting fact remains that the famous architect A. Shchusev, who built several famous churches and temples in Russia, chose to cope with the task using a pagan method. Thus, he chose the Pergamon Altar, or Mesopotamian cult tower, as the basis for the project to build a mausoleum for the leader.

As is known, the expulsion of the Chaldeans, Semitic tribes with the skills of witchcraft, magic and fortune telling, took place in Pergami. The priests managed to give life again to their religion, which did not recognize Jesus Christ. Therefore, Pergamum, to some extent, was considered a truly satanic place, since Chaldean magic and witchcraft rituals regularly took place on this territory.

One of the patrons of all Chaldeans was the god Vil, who, according to legend, was in a temple resembling a quadrangle shape. The temple was formed by 7 towers, which narrowed one after another. It was from him that Shchusev “took off” the architectural design for the construction of Lenin’s mausoleum. Some agree that Shchusev compared Vladimir Ilyich with the god Vil. Therefore, it was decided to make the mausoleum in the style of an altar.

A sensational video about the leader’s movements in the sarcophagus

A few years ago, a video spread around the world, which clearly showed how Lenin’s mummy first raised his hand, and then raised his upper body and fell again into the sarcophagus.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposes sending Lenin's body to Ulyanovsk

The initiative of the leader of the RDPR is being actively discussed today by the federal media: the politician proposed to stop mocking the leader of the revolution and bury his ashes. As options for burying his namesake, Vladimir Volfovich suggested a place next to the grave of Ulyanov-Lenin’s father in Ulyanovsk or a place next to the grave of his mother in St. Petersburg. Zhirinovsky proposed placing a wax or polymer copy of the body in the mausoleum, so as not to deprive Moscow of such a unique cultural and historical object.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation reacted extremely negatively to this proposal. Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov called Zhirinovsky a “scoundrel and a provocateur.”

Vladimir Volfovich emphasized that he has nothing against Lenin, but he is disgusted by the very idea of turning Red Square into a cemetery.

The deputy proposed replacing the body of Vladimir Lenin with a rubber copy

Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Vladimir Petrov appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers with a proposal to replace the body of Vladimir Lenin, located in the Mausoleum, with a rubber-polymer or wax copy.

At the same time, the government is being asked to assemble a commission that will deal with the future of the Soviet leader’s body, RT reports.

It is noted that Vladimir Petrov is in favor of burying Lenin in 2024, on the 100th anniversary of his death, in accordance with his will. At the same time, the copy, according to the deputy, will allow not to violate the established tradition.