Lenin's Tomb
Moscow's preserved revolutionary
Lenin's Tomb is the mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square where Vladimir Lenin's embalmed body has been displayed since his death in 1924.
The granite structure became a pilgrimage site during the Soviet era and remains a tourist attraction.
Soviet leaders once reviewed military parades from atop it.
We waited in line for hours to see Lenin's Tomb.
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- embalmedPreserved a corpse chemically
- embalmed bodyChemically preserved human remains
Soviet · Soviet Union · communism · communist leader · Kremlin · marble · granite · guards · changing of the guard · pilgrimage · queue · long lines · preserved · body · glass coffin · revolutionary · Bolshevik · Stalin
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- Soviet LandmarksRed Square, Kremlin, Seven Sisters
Lenin's Tombunmarked grave
Burial site without identification
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Lenin's Tombcremation
Burning the deceased
ash scattering · funeral pyre · dissolution · organ donation