Introduction to Lenin’s Mausoleum: Lenin’s Mausoleum is located on the west side of Red Square. It was built on January 27, 1924. It was originally a wooden structure and was constructed of granite and marble in 1930. Half of the tomb chamber is underground and half is exposed above the ground. The surface of the tomb is made of three stepped cubes made of red granite and black feldspar; the net weight of the stele engraved with the word "Lenin" in front of the tomb is 60 tons; the two wings of the top platform of the tomb can accommodate 10,000 people. During important ceremonies, leaders would stand on Lenin's tomb to watch and conduct the ceremony.
Go down the black marble steps and enter the memorial hall in the center of the mausoleum. Lenin lies peacefully in a crystal coffin covered with red party flags and national flags. He is wearing a yellow jacket and a Red Flag Medal on his chest. His face and hands All illuminated by special lights, clear and peaceful.
Not far from Lenin’s Mausoleum, there is the Lenin Museum, which contains Lenin’s relics and Lenin’s biography.
Between Lenin’s Mausoleum and the Kremlin wall, there are 12 tombstones belonging to former Soviet politicians such as Stalin, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, and Dzerzhinsky. cemetery.