Lenin's body was really very symbolic in the Soviet period at that time, he was the founder of the Soviet Union, the leader of the world's first socialist country, the leader of the October Revolution, the hero who overthrew Tsarist Russia, and finally became the prime minister of the huge Empire of the Soviet Union, for the Soviets at that time, his status was far beyond the mythical figures in their hearts.
After Lenin's death, his body also became the object of key protection in the Soviet Union, on January 21, 1924 Lenin died, after his death, the Soviet Union also set up a special group to protect his body, all in order to preserve his body, in order to prevent corruption, they exported Lenin's blood. The dirt was also removed and the remains were specially treated and placed in a crystal coffin with a constant temperature of 16 degrees Celsius all year round.
In addition, they shone special light on the exposed parts of Lenin's face and hands, so that she seemed to be sleeping.
Despite so many wrong things, but because of the lack of conditions, Lenin's body production needs to be sorted out regularly, and he needs to be replaced with a new suit and re-put on makeup, and generally scientists will treat him twice a year, each time for up to 30 days, and scientists also need to take a sample from the body every five to ten years for testing, which is used to study how to continue to preserve the body, and the cost is also very high, costing millions of dollars a year.
However, more than a decade later, the Outbreak of World War II, the Soviet Union was not fully prepared, so it was defeated under the German offensive, in order to ensure that Lenin's body can be preserved, the Soviet Union had to choose to flee with his body.
In the process of transfer, because the conditions are relatively harsh, so his body began to accelerate decay, at first one of Lenin's legs was amputated for a prosthesis, and then slowly spread to the whole body, his subcutaneous fat was replaced by paraffin glycerin chemicals, even his eyeballs were fake, after the end of World War II, the Soviet Impulse had more than 200 scientists trying to restore Lenin's body intact, but there was no effect, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the chaotic era once again accelerated the corruption of Lenin's body, and finally less than 10% remained.
Although in recent years there have been many calls for Lenin's remains to be buried, the authorities and government still let him be enshrined in a crystal coffin.
In fact, Lenin's head is left, of course, the parts are not original, Russia debated for thirty years about whether his body should be displayed or buried, and later rose to the political position, that is, how much should be separated from the Soviet Union?
Yeltsin once wanted to move Lenin's cemetery out of Red Square, but finally stopped this plan on the grounds that the time was not ripe, the Russian Communist Party did not let Yeltsin remove the cemetery, and now it is even more so, the chairman of the Russian Communist Party is still Zyuganov, the party members have not changed much, they have repeatedly called for people to take Lenin's tomb to protect the cemetery, but they are all old people who lived in the Soviet era, most of them are sixty or seventy years old, when they die in the Soviet Union, I don't know if Lenin's tomb can continue to stay in Red Square, Lenin no longer had the sanctity of the past.
This article was originally written by Langya Sword.