Lenin's Mausoleum

One of the major attractions of Moscow is the Lenin's Mausoleum. Although the locals regard it as a reminder of the country's communist past or a cherished relic of the good old days, but for visitors it is one of Moscow's finest examples of Soviet architecture and holds an endless fascination.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin has been described as not only the greatest revolutionary leader and statesman in history, but also the greatest revolutionary thinker since Karl Marx. He was born in the Russian town of Simbirsk in 1870 to a large, loving and very well educated family. He excelled in school and studied in both Kazan and at university in St. Petersburg before he became involved in underground revolutionary activity.

These activities eventually led him into a 3- year exile in Siberia, but he continued his political agitation. In 1903 he prompted a split between the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party at their Second Congress and following the February 1917 revolution, he returned to Petrograd (St Petersburg) from Zurich. In October 1917 he led the Bolshevik revolution and became head of the first Soviet government.

Hours: Tuesday - Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 1pm, closed Monday and Friday

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Contact Information

Lenin's Mausoleum
Krasnaya Ploshad
119048 Moscow, RU

Tel. +4959235527

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