Lenin's Mausoleum is a famous building in Moscow. Located on the west side of Red Square, it is made of red granite and black feldspar. The body of Lenin, the teacher of the proletarian revolution, is placed in a crystal coffin inside the building, covered with the Soviet flag. Both the face and hands are illuminated by special lights, clear and serene.
Why did Lenin's colleague, the high-ranking leader of the Soviet Union, decide to preserve the remains of Comrade Lenin? We do not know the details, but at that time the official saying in the Soviet Union was that it was at the request of the broad masses of the working people. But if one understands the traditional habits of the Russian people, one knows that this claim is questionable. Obviously, the Russian people prefer to commemorate the great man in the traditional way, that is, the way the streets and cities are named after "Lenin". The establishment of the mausoleum was a political decision. They wanted to consolidate the ideology of Leninism and strengthen the sovereignty of the Soviet Union with the remains.
During the period of existence in the Soviet Union, the symbols of this era were full of mysteries and various speculations. Today, these secrets are accessible to all those interested in history.
How to keep the body permanently embalmed in the presence of light has been discussed among medical workers for a long time. Finally, they adopted the scheme proposed by The Professor of Medicine Vallobev and the Professor of Biology Zbalski. Over the next four months, they were embalmed and made many adjustments in the course of their work. The results were staggering: the appearance of the remains was even better than the recent photographs taken while they were alive.
Now people have become accustomed to the appearance of the mausoleum. But at the time, when the strange building appeared on Red Square, many Soviets were confused. It is multi-level, pyramid-shaped, and it accurately replicates the ancient mesopotamian landmark, the so-called gold-shaped tower. The golden pagoda was built for ceremonies, worship of gods, etc. The golden-shaped pagoda uses some artifacts to collect the super energy of the idol. And these idols are usually mummified remains.
Why, in the heart of the Soviet capital, a country that primarily represents communism, was building to propagate the mysterious power of ancient Mesopotamia? Why is the leader of an atheist country so hungry for theology?
There is much semi-scientific material on the subject today, and all the researchers have come to the same conclusion. Lenin's body was deified, and the mausoleum was built in the form of a pyramid, acting like a spiritual symbol that millions of people worshipped.
The blind worship of Soviet communism and state leadership, even in times of turmoil, repression, famine, etc., attests to this. Lenin's death was a turning point. Before that, there were camps everywhere opposed to the Bolshevik regime. After Lenin's death, people began to march enthusiastically, and intellectuals and the opposition happily began to sing the praises of the victory of socialism.
Even through Stalin's camp, the people showed firm support for Soviet ideology. This is the best way to advertise without television as a medium. In the eyes of many people, the mausoleum has become people's spiritual sustenance.
People who were dissatisfied with the Soviet authorities tried to vent their emotions on the holy land of the Soviet Union. As a result, there were many terrorist attacks on Lenin's Tomb:
In 1934, Nigenkin fired two shots at the sarcophagus with a revolver, but did not hit him, and then shot himself. He was in retaliation for the collectivization of the Soviet Union. After him, guns were banned.
In 1956, a man named Romanov threw ink bottles into two sarcophagi.
In 1959, the glass of one of the sarcophagus was shattered by a security guard passing by with a hammer, and security measures were reinforced.
In 1960, visitors jumped over the parapet and smashed the sarcophagus glass with their feet. The debris caused some damage to the body and the mausoleum was forced to close for a month.
In 1961 and 1962, tourists threw stones into the sarcophagus.
In 1967, a Lithuanian with explosives wrapped around his waist appeared in front of the mausoleum. He couldn't get in and blew himself up in front of the mausoleum.
In 1973, an unidentified man managed to carry a homemade explosive device under his coat, mixed into the mausoleum and detonated the device, killing him and a couple in line in the explosion and injuring several others.
Stalin was one of the main initiators of the spirit of "the leader of the world proletariat is immortal". He knows that unconscious faith is the best tool for leading people. Through the worship of Leninism, he created the worship of himself.
After Stalin's death, his body was placed in a sarcophagus next to Lenin's sarcophagus. A sign with the names of two people was changed on the mausoleum. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was also known as the "Lenin Stalin Party" until the end of the cult of personality.
After Stalin's cult of personality was overthrown, he was kept in the mausoleum for another five years. It was not until one night in the fall of 1961 that his coffin was carried out of Lenin's Tomb and reburied by the walls of the Kremlin. The second funeral was completely confidential, with no fireworks and no eulogies.
Only then did the people who traditionally lined up in the morning to pay their respects to the "leader" that the truth was learned. Only one surname remained on the stone tablet above the mausoleum, and Stalin's body rested in peace. People accustomed to obeying the "party line" believe that the decision to re-bury a leader who has recently been considered "sacred" is the right one.
The cult of Lenin, once on an unprecedented scale, now has fewer and fewer fans. History has arranged everything in advance, and many streets and squares named after Lenin have been restored to their previous names. Leningrad was also renamed and many Lenin monuments in the city were demolished.
Lenin's Mausoleum was not closed, but its funding was greatly reduced. Today, special maintenance work continues, which is open to visitors 5 days a week for 3 hours. There are still many tourists who visit Lenin's body with curiosity or nostalgia for the communist past.
Today, the discussion of the future fate of Lenin's remains continues. Maybe we'll wait until this historical figure is buried, or two names appear again on the Kremlin's gilt tower...