The Mausoleum.2C 1924.E2.80.931961 Kremlin Wall Necropolis
the first wooden mausoleum in 1925
vladimir lenin died of stroke on january 21, 1924. while body lay in state in pillar hall of house of unions, politburo discussed ways preserve it, forty days, despite objections widow , siblings. joseph stalin gave instruction install vault lenin s embalmed remains inside kremlin wall, , on january 27 lenin s casket deposited in temporary wooden vault built in 1 day. first proper mausoleum built of wood in march–july 1924 , officially opened on august 1 (foreign visitors allowed inside on august 3). contest design , build new, permanent, mausoleum declared in april 1926; construction alexey shchusev s design began in july 1929 , complete in sixteen months. mausoleum has since functioned government reviewing stand during public parades. lenin s body remains in mausoleum date (january 2017), excluding period of evacuation tyumen in 1941–1945.
two days after death of joseph stalin politburo decreed placing remains on display in mausoleum; officially reopened in november 1953 lenin , stalin side-by-side. plan decreed in march 1953, construction of pantheon bodies of lenin , stalin relocated, did not take off. 8 years later, removal of stalin s body mausoleum unanimously sanctioned 22nd congress of communist party. on october 31, 1961, mausoleum covered plywood. red square routinely closed in preparation november 7 parade. stalin s remains re-interred in deep grave, lined concrete blocks, behind mausoleum; ceremony attended state commission led nikolay shvernik. harold skilling, attended mausoleum in november of same year, noted curious see new grave of stalin... unlike others, [grave] not yet graced bust , marked tablet name i.v.stalin , dates of birth , death . existing tomb of stalin carved nikolai tomsky installed in june 1970.
the glass sarcophagus of lenin s tomb twice vandalized visitors, in 1959 , 1969, leading installation of bulletproof glass shell. bombed twice, in 1963, when terrorist sole victim, , in 1973, when explosion killed terrorist , 2 bystanders.
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