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Orthodox Church warns against hasty decisions over Lenin reburial

Eighty-seven years have passed since the body of Vladimir Ulyanov, known worldwide under his pseudonym Lenin, was placed in a glass sarcophagus and displayed in a specially built granite mausoleum near the Kremlin wall.
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Lenin's mausoleum reopens for public
03:07 19/04/2011
The mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square, where the embalmed body of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin is kept for public display, will be reopened on Tuesday after regular maintenance works.
Should Lenin be evicted from Red Square and buried?
14:05 25/01/2011
20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin is still lying in his mausoleum on Red Square, and Russians are still discussing whether to bury him or let him remain in his shrine. A major tourist attraction, Lenin’s Mausoleum has long been a sticking point between those standing on different sides of this ideological and moral dispute.
Russians split over proposed Lenin burial
14:40 24/01/2011 RIA Novosti correspondent Maria Kuchma
Maybe the Russians are thankless - or maybe revolutions are not in vogue anymore - but voices of those willing to remove Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin's embalmed body from his granite mausoleum on Red Square and bury him are becoming stronger today, 20 years after the issue first emerged with the breakup of the Soviet empire.
Rumors grow that Russia leadership to decide on burying Lenin
18:55 21/01/2011
Speculation is rife that the body of Vladimir Lenin may soon be on its way from its mausoleum in Red Square, after official comments dismissed reports that the Soviet leader is here to stay.
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum
13:21 21/01/2011
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum is a classical monument of Soviet architecture, a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Red Square.
Russia's ruling party pushes for burial of Lenin
21:52 20/01/2011
On the eve of the 87th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's death Russia's ruling United Russia party has yet again raised the issue of burying the leader of the 1917 October Revolution.
Russians to decide on Lenin's burial when time comes - Putin
20:02 06/09/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday it was too early to speak about the burial of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.
The leader of the world proletariat, Vladimir Lenin, his comrades and relatives
17:09 22/04/2010
April 22 marks the 140th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), a statesman and political figure, a theoretic of Marxism, the founder of the Communist party and the Soviet state.
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum
14:09 22/04/2010
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum is a classical monument of Soviet architecture, a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Red Square.
Russia marks 140th anniversary of Lenin's birth
04:58 22/04/2010
Russia marks on Thursday the 140th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin. 
The day Lenin died
13:25 20/04/2010
The world-famous revolutionary and founder of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet State, Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin died on January 21, 1924 in Gorki near Moscow.

Lenin mausoleum to remain on Red Square - Kremlin official
20:54 11/02/2010
Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum will remain on the Red Square, next to the Kremlin wall.
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum
15:09 22/01/2010
The body of Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin, the founder of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet State, was embalmed soon after his death in January 1924 and preserved in the mausoleum. The last version of the mausoleum was completed in October 1930

Russian liberals renew calls to bury Lenin
12:21 21/01/2010
Russian politicians and activists used the 86th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's death to renew calls to bury the architect of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
No need to move Lenin from Red Square - Kremlin official
22:03 08/04/2009A senior Kremlin official has said that there is no need no move Lenin from his resting place on Red Square, and that any attempt to do so could have serious consequences.

Mummies calling for Lenin burial arrested on Red Square
15:11 21/01/2009Riot police on Wednesday detained some 30 people dressed as mummies, who attempted to gather on Moscow's Red Square calling for the burial of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin, a police spokesman said.

Mummies to meet at Red Square to call for Lenin burial
11:01 21/01/2009Some 50 people dressed as mummies are due to gather in Moscow's Red Square on Wednesday to call for the burial of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

The 85th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s death
09:00 21/01/2009
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), a Marxist theoretician, politician, founder and leader of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died 85 years ago on January 21, 1924.
Two thirds of Russians say Lenin should be buried - poll
14:28 20/01/2009An opinion poll has shown that two thirds of Russians believe that the embalmed body of the Russian communist leader should be removed from its mausoleum on Red Square and buried.

Lenin may be buried in cemetery near Moscow
19:40 20/02/2008The ex-Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin, could be buried at a new cemetery under construction in the Moscow Region, the Russian tabloid Zhizn reported on Wednesday.

Top Kremlin official calls for referendum on Lenin's reburial
19:16 10/10/2007The Lenin Mausoleum: seventh wonder of the world?
14:50 25/10/2006Russian Communists collect signatures to protect Lenin mausoleum
12:29 12/11/2005Majority of poll respondents approve of Lenin's burial
15:56 08/11/2005Russian Orthodox Church official calls for referendum on Lenin burial
13:56 02/11/2005Russian filmmaker calls for Lenin's embalmed body to be buried
18:33 03/10/2005
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The leader of the world proletariat, Vladimir Lenin, his comrades and relatives
17:09 22/04/2010
April 22 marks the 140th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), a statesman and political figure, a theoretic of Marxism, the founder of the Communist party and the Soviet state.
The 85th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s death
09:00 21/01/2009
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), a Marxist theoretician, politician, founder and leader of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died 85 years ago on January 21, 1924.
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Should Lenin be evicted from Red Square and buried?
14:05 25/01/2011
20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin is still lying in his mausoleum on Red Square, and Russians are still discussing whether to bury him or let him remain in his shrine. A major tourist attraction, Lenin’s Mausoleum has long been a sticking point between those standing on different sides of this ideological and moral dispute.
The day Lenin died
13:25 20/04/2010
The world-famous revolutionary and founder of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet State, Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin died on January 21, 1924 in Gorki near Moscow.

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Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum
13:21 21/01/2011
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum is a classical monument of Soviet architecture, a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Red Square.
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum
14:09 22/04/2010
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum is a classical monument of Soviet architecture, a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Red Square.
Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum
15:09 22/01/2010
The body of Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin, the founder of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet State, was embalmed soon after his death in January 1924 and preserved in the mausoleum. The last version of the mausoleum was completed in October 1930

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The issue of Lenin’s burial
Even after nearly 90 years since Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s death, Russian society is still split over his transfer from the Mausoleum and burial.








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