On the west side of Moscow's Red Square, there is a special building, made of red granite and black feldspar, solemn and solemn, in which lies a figure who changed the whole Soviet Union - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who has a more well-known name, that is, Lenin.
On August 30, 1918, Lenin was giving a speech to the workers at the Mikherson factory on the outskirts of the capital Moscow, and the atmosphere was very harmonious, and finally achieved a complete success. Just as Lenin was about to step into the car and leave, a young woman came up and seemed to be about to say something to him, lenin stopped to listen, and just then a man with a Browning pistol walked past them, followed by 3 gunshots of "bang bang".
Two of the bullets hit Lenin, one on his left shoulder, one on his left chest and through his neck, and the other on the woman, and the two immediately fell to the ground unconscious. Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and Lenin survived, but this assassination dealt a serious blow to his body.
But Lenin was too busy to recuperate, and soon fell back into intense work, and eventually he collapsed, dying on January 21, 1924, at the age of 53. At the moment of the news of Lenin's death, there was a global sensation, and the entire Soviet Union was shrouded in a shadow. Later, more than 900,000 people attended his memorial service, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen personally wrote a eulogy for him:
The spirit is long, and the spirit is returned. Heaven does not leave the year, and Jun He said; eternal life, forever cherish the sage.
In order to take care of the mood of the people, the Soviet authorities decided to preserve the remains for a long time and created a special crystal coffin for posterity to see. In order to ensure the desired results, the Soviet Union invited a number of anatomists and biochemists to jointly dispose of Lenin's body, and the antiseptic secret recipe for caring for the body was listed as a cutting-edge scientific and technological project and a state-level secret.
As of today, Lenin's body has been preserved for 96 years, it is reported that Russia spent millions of dollars a year to maintain his body, which is really a big amount, so some people proposed to bury Lenin as soon as possible, but Putin openly opposed this proposal, saying that as long as he is still in this position, no one can touch Lenin's body.
So why does it cost so much money to preserve Lenin's body every year? In order to ensure that Lenin's body is always well preserved, Russia has set up a special committee to sample and test Lenin's body every 5 to 10 years, and then make specimens; and every Monday and Friday, the expert group has to re-apply Special preservatives to Lenin's face.
Originally, this money was paid by the state, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, no one was willing to bear this cost, so the cost was mostly organized by non-governmental charities such as the Left and donated money, and due to the shortage of funds, it was only enough for routine maintenance work. Due to poor preservation, Lenin's body was invaded by bacteria, resulting in the amputation of one leg, and later the government had to study the real cause of his death, and removed part of the body many times, so that Lenin in the crystal coffin, the only thing left was the head, and the rest was a prosthesis.
The second fee is to wear clothes for Lenin's body, the fabrics of these clothes are specially customized from Switzerland, each set costs up to 30,000 US dollars (about 207,000 yuan), is his favorite fabric in his life, generally speaking, every 3 years to change Lenin's body, but the foundation can no longer afford to pay this money, the staff can only clean the existing clothing.
However, under such embarrassing circumstances, Putin still insists on placing Lenin's body here.