VIEWS Leninism created by one of the most influential person in Russia is Vladimir Ilych Lenin. As a communist revolutionary Russia, Lenin was very loved by his subjects. This makes his body remains forever in a coffin in the Lenin Mausoleum. Mausoleum is a large and beautiful tomb of Lenin Mausoleum, located in Moscow’s Red Square offers one of the most interesting attractions and a little frightening than most modern mummy might in the world.
Frozen in time, Vladimir Ilych Lenin’s body embalmed, and placed in a red granite pyramid labratorite black. Here, you can stare at a coffin in the cold and darkness. When Vladimir Ilych Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, died on January 21, 1924. He does not believe in life after death and considered that death is the end for him.
In his will, Vladimir Ilych Lenin asked buried in the soil. But instead, he was embalmed and buried in a wooden cube design architect Alexei Shchusev. Actually, Lenin’s body will be buried, but then the Russian government allegedly received more than 10,000 telegrams from people who ask the great leader’s body to be preserved in some way for future generations.
In response to public complaints, the tomb was made permanent in 1929 to preserve Lenin to stay awake in the longer term. The existing tomb was established in 1930. During the course of history, Lenin’s body could be evacuated to Tymen, Siberia, because Moscow was under threat of Nazi invasion.
To restore the body to Moscow, in March 1945, a Soviet operation codenamed “Object No.. 1″ done. In order to continue the preservation of Lenin’s body, a group of special embalmers also dedicated to Lenin’s corpse. Casket or sarcophagus is kept at a constant temperature of 16 degrees centigrade with a humidity of 80-90 percent. Once a week, a mild bleach used to fight fungus on skin Lenin, and every eighteen months his body had chemical bath of glycerol and potassium for thirty days. During this time, the tomb is usually closed.
Lenin also clothes washed and ironed with care. And every three years, Lenin received a new suit.
Lenin’s mausoleum is located in the Krasnaya Ploshchad, Moscow, open every day except Monday and Friday starting at 10:00 to 13:00 local time.