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Paul Holmes · VIP Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 970

Should Lenin finally be put to rest in St Peterburg or should they continue to put him on display?

MrSpice · Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3436

Who cares?

Чебурашка · Talk Show Host Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 218

Why should he be moved? Burying him would mean creating a whole event around this man, who is a part of Russia's past, not of the present. Let him stay in his own place, that remiinds the people of his historical significance and where tourists can surely find him Wink

mister_wizzz · VIP Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 559

It is a macabre show, Lenin should be buried.
Who would want to be mummified and shown in public like a circus monster ?

vitalsigns · Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784

Yes, deleted.

Camrade · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:37 am Post subject:

I guess it's better to bury him however Moscow will lose one of it's cool sights Smile

Чебурашка · Talk Show Host Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 218

Kesha · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:37 am Post subject:

I was told by a Muscovite that his body is routinely taken into chambers to make certain it is still preserved......it was her belief that what is on display now is a wax figure.
Any thoughts?

Vic · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject:

Чебурашка · Talk Show Host Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 218

I remember this artist, that said they might 'throw his body in the container' after he died.

Lenin was considered a visionary, starting a new enlightened society that made a radical breach with traditional values. There was simply no way he would be buried like everyone before him.

Whether we consider his being on display 'macabre' or 'distasteful' or whatever, is of no relevance here. He is buried along the lines that his ideology prescribed for a great leader and visionary. It's a part of the cultural history of the country. You don't want to erase that...

Leonid · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:15 am Post subject:

mr. barley · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:00 am Post subject:

They had better not bury him! I didn't go into the masoleum when I was there ( no cameras) because I had a camera on me. It was my second day in Russia and I don't speak Russian so I didn't know what to do with my camera.Next time I won't bring it to Red Square since I've photographed everything there except Lenin's body. And hopefully he will still be there.