Lenin's embalmed corpse is one of the biggest attractions in Moscow, drawing a mix of tourists and communists to his tomb. But most Russians agree now, a century after his death, it's time for Lenin ...

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Almost 94 years after his death and a quarter century after the fall of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin's mummified body continues to be displayed in a mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow. Though the ...

After Vladimir Lenin died in January 1924, Moscow's Red Square became the site of a series of block-shaped structures made to house the embalmed corpse of the Soviet founder. 1 Lenin’s mausoleum ...

For thousands of years, man has sought a way to preserve the human body, using a variety of embalming methods and mummification. But even the mummies of ancient Egypt cannot compare to the ...

World leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela’s government plans to do with Hugo Chavez: VLADIMIR LENIN: Body of Soviet Union’s founder has been displayed ...

The Communist revolutionary's remains are housed in a mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square, but a state-backed poll found that 60% of Russians want it removed, ideally as soon as possible Get daily ...

A debate about religious sensitivities has been ignited in Russia over one of history's most significant atheists. Vladimir Petrov, a lawmaker from the Leningrad region, has suggested the embalmed ...

Vladimir Putin's (fourth) presidential term will end in 2024, just a century after Lenin's burial on Red Square. He seems to exclude new terms for him and his heir apparent Dimitri Medvedev. The ...

In 1991, the Communist Empire of the USSR was destroyed. And one of the main symbols of Soviet power — Lenin's Mausoleum and Lenin's Body itself were left without an owner. The film tells about ...

During his political life, Hugo Chavez took more than a few pages out of the playbook of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, and the emulation will continue even in death. To this day, Lenin’s embalmed body ...