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Tomb Lenin

Time to Put a Nail in Lenin's (Public) Coffin?

Peter Worthington | Posted 05.23.2012 | Canada
Peter Worthington

Today there's a growing mood in Russia to remove Lenin's preserved corpse from display in a tomb on Red Square, and bury him under a mass of concrete. Younger generations of Russians want what the West has, thumb their nose at tradition, have confidence in themselves, are wary of authority, and couldn't care less about Lenin.