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. On Friday, Russian communists marked 87 years since Lenin’s death. Every year, prior to all of the memorable dates of Lenin's life, political figures in Russia make controversial statements about his future, but this is what ordinary Russians think about the father of Bolshevism’s proposed burial.
Should Lenin be evicted from Red Square and buried?
11:05 GMT 25.01.2011 (Updated: 19:53 GMT 19.10.2022)
© RIA Novosti Maria Kuchma
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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.
