| Almost seventy years have elapsed since
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| | Lenin studied Karl Marx and formed
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| the beginning of World War II. This was
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| | workers' groups, but was arrested and
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| the bloodiest conflict our global world
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| | exiled to Siberia in 1895. In 1900 he
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| has ever endured. Almost every country
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| | went to Europe, and in 1903 he led the
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| throughout the world lost millions upon
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| | Bolsheviks in the split of the Russian
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| millions of its population. There has
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| | Social-Democratic Workers' party. When
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| never been a war fought on such a massive
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| | revolution broke out in Russia in 1917,
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| scale as the Second World War. It is
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| | he led the Bolsheviks to control the
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| doubtful if such a war will ever be
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| | government. Lenin had complete political
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| fought again. If it ever happens, it will
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| | control over the Union of Soviet
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| mean the total destruction of our world.
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| | Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) until his
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| The Lenin Mausoleum is the first of a
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| | death, and is remembered as the man who
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| series of articles that document some of
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| | put Marx's ideas to practical use.
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| the names, places, catch words, and other
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| | For decades after his death, Lenin's
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| items that are now lodged permanently in
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| | well-preserved body has been put on
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| our vocabulary, History was made some 68
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| | public display in a special mausoleum in
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| years ago. We dare not forget.
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| | Red Square. It was named The Tomb of
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| The Lenin Mausoleum
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| | Lenin.
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| Lenin's preserved body is on permanent
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| | Stretching along one side of the Kremlin
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| display at the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow.
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| | walls, Red Square has become a part of
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| Because of Lenin's unique role in the
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| | its overall architectural ensemble, with
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| creation of the first communist state,
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| | seven Kremlin towers standing along its
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| and despite his expressed wish shortly
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| | western side. The Lenin Mausoleum is at
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| before his death that no memorials be
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| | the compositional center of Red Square.
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| created for him, his character was
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| | Its architect employed a simple and
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| elevated over time to the point of near
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| | expressive design in the form of a
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| religious reverence. By the 1980s, every
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| | monumental edifice, faced in dark red
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| major city in the Soviet Union had a
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| | granite and black labradorite.
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| statue of Lenin in its central square.
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| | Every hour on the hour to the peal of the
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| There was either a Lenin street or a
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| | Kremlin chimes the guards are changed at
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| Lenin Square near the city center. Often
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| | the entrance to the Mausoleum. It is a
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| 20 or more smaller statues and busts
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| | solemn ceremony that is comparable to the
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| populated its territory. Collective
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| | changing of the guard in the Tomb of the
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| farms, medals, hybrids of wheat, and even
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| | Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
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| an asteroid were named after Lenin.
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| | During national festivities the Mausoleum
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| Children were taught stories about
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| | becomes a focal point of military
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| "granddad Lenin" while they were still in
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| | parades. On both sides of the Mausoleum
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| nursery school.
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| | there are stands of light-grey granite
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| The almost religious fervor that
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| | for the guests. Behind the Mausoleum
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| surrounded the existence of the Tomb of
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| | along the Kremlin wall the revolutionary
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| Lenin is comparable to the religious
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| | necropolis is located. Here lie buried
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| significance of the Tomb of Mary.
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| | figures of the Communist Party of the
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| Orthodox and Franciscan monks watch over
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| | Soviet Union and the former Soviet State.
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| her tomb daily. Mary, the mother of
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| | We cannot overlook the significance the
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| Jesus, was buried in the Kidron Valley.
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| | Lenin Mausoleum has played in the growth
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| According to writings, the Church of the
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| | and rise of world communism. The
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| Assumption was erected upon the tomb that
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| | communist regimes that followed the death
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| received the mortal remains of the
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| | of Lenin have propagated this into a
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| Blessed Virgin. From this tomb she was
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| | shrine. Because of world communism in the
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| taken into heaven. The death and
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| | 1930s and early 1940, the origin of
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| assumption of Mary into heaven is
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| | nazism in Germany and other countries
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| described in the apocryphal writing "The
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| | took root. Here indeed began a chain of
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| transition of the Virgin" or "Dormition"
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| | events which led to the start of World
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| of Mary.
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| | War II.
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| Although the Tomb of Mary contains many
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| | Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the
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| of the most sacred religious artifacts of
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| | level of reverence for Lenin in
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| Christianity, the tomb is unoccupied.
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| | post-Soviet republics has gone down
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| Because of the multitudes of annual
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| | considerably. However, generations who
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| pilgrims to this site, the Israeli
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| | grew up during the Soviet period still
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| Defense Force provides protection to the
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| | consider Lenin an important figure. Most
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| thousands of visitors to the Tomb of Mary
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| | statues of Lenin have been torn down in
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| that visit the Holy Land each year.
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| | Eastern Europe, but many still remain in
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| Just as the Tomb of Mary bore the highest
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| | Russia. The city of Leningrad reverted to
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| significance to Christianity, so did the
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| | St Petersburg, which was its original
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| Tomb of Lenin become the highest monument
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| | name, The surrounding Leningrad Oblast
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| of significance to the world of
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| | still carries his name. The citizens of
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| communism. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
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| | Ulyanovsk, Lenin's birthplace, have so
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| (April 22, 1870 - January 21, 1924)was a
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| | far resisted all attempts to revert its
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| Russian revolutionary, a communist
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| | name to Simbirsk.
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| politician, the main leader of the
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| | The subject of interring Lenin's body has
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| October Revolution, the first head of the
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| | been a recurring topic for the past
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| Soviet Union, and the primary theorist of
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| | several years in Russia. To this day, the
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| Leninism, a variant of Marxism Lenin was
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| | body of Lenin lies in perpetual state in
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| a driving force behind the Russian
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| | the Tomb of Lenin. The elite unit of
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| Revolution of 1917 and became the first
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| | Russian guards still constantly stands
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| great dictator of the Soviet Union. After
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| | watch round the clock. It is a living
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| his brother was executed in 1887 (for
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| | icon that despite democratization within
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| plotting to kill the Czar), Lenin gave up
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| | the Russian Federation, the spirit of
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| studying law and became a full-time
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| | communism has not gone away.
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| revolutionary.
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