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The Lenin’s Mausoleum

Red Square, Moscow, Russia

After the Lenin´s death in 1924, a wooden mausoleum was erected on the Red square. In 1929, architect Aleksei Shchusev was commissioned to design a more lasting home for the body. The result, unveiled a year later, is a squat but attractive pyramid in layers of red, grey and black granite that harmonizes remarkably well with the Kremlin buildings behind it, despite its clear Constructivist influences. The corpse of Lenin´s body is embalmed and lying in a glass casket. His orange-tinted face and hands look waxy and are bathed in light.

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