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A man has been detained in Moscow after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the notorious Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s tomb in Red Square in a failed attempt to set it on fire, according to ...

For almost a century after his death, Vladimir Lenin's carefully preserved body has lain in a purpose-built mausoleum on Red Square -- a glaring reminder ...

The embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, is seen on display in his mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square, Russia, on Wednesday, April 16, 1997.

Lenin’s Mausoleum, also known as Lenin’s Tomb, is a mausoleum located at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. It serves as the resting place of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, whose preserved body has ...

The body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin should stay in its mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow, so long as Russians retain personal memories of the Soviet period, President Vladimir Putin said ...

A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia. Skip to main content Skip to main content. Register for more ...

Russia Weighs What to Do With Lenin's Body. Aide to Pres Vladimir Putin suggests removing Lenin's body from mausoleum in Red Square where it has rested for eight decades and giving Soviet founder ...

FILE - The first mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, who died on Jan. 21, 1924, is seen in Red Square next to the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 25, 1924.

A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia. 73 ...

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving country with these words: “Lenin lived, Lenin ...