Lenin Mausoleum history in photos

Official communication the death of Lenin - the leader of the world proletariat

In three days more than one million of people visited the Pillared Hall to say fare-well to Lenin

Lenin's burial at the Red Squere

V.I.Lenin

V.Lenin and I.Stalin

Stalin speeches in RealAudio

They started to construct the first Lenin Mausoleum on the very next day after Lenin's death.

Frouzen soil was dynamited.

The first Lenin Mausoleum existed till 1924.

The second Mausoleum, the wooden one.
Existed for 5 years.

The Soviet Goverment anounced a competition for the best project.

Some of the projects presented.

In 1929 a new construction was open. A special model of the new granit Lenin Mausoleum was produced in order to make sure the new building would blend in well.

The third Lenin Mausolem under construction, the granite one.

By that time Lenin's body had not changed..

The Lenin Mausolem witnessed many historical events. Heroes of the Spanish Republic were greeted there

G.Dimitrov, A.Mikoyan, M.Gorky on the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum

The building where Lenin's body were kept during the war period. Tyumen.

Throwing down the fascist banners

G.Zhukov and I.Stalin on the tribune of the Mausoleum.

Lenin and Stalin in the Mausoleum.

The ticket  for visiting Mausoleum of Lenin-Stalin

Near the Kremlin wall

The Mausoleum guard

Time has passed.
The spruces have grown up.
There is no red banner under the Kremlin.
But the Mausoleum still exists!