Official communication the death of Lenin - the leader of the world proletariat

In three days more than one million of people visited the Pillared Hall to say fare-well to Lenin

They started to construct the first Lenin Mausoleum on the very next day after Lenin's death.

The second Mausoleum, the wooden one. Existed for 5 years.

The Soviet Goverment anounced a competition for the best project.

In 1929 a new construction was open. A special model of the new granit Lenin Mausoleum was produced in order to make sure the new building would blend in well.

The third Lenin Mausolem under construction, the granite one.

By that time Lenin's body had not changed..

The Lenin Mausolem witnessed many historical events. Heroes of the Spanish Republic were greeted there

G.Dimitrov, A.Mikoyan, M.Gorky on the tribune of the Lenin Mausoleum

The building where Lenin's body were kept during the war period. Tyumen.

G.Zhukov and I.Stalin on the tribune of the Mausoleum.

For a certain period of time it was Lenin and Stalin Mausoleum