Lenin Mausoleum

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mausoleum memorial tomb tourist attraction

Lenin Mausoleum is the monumental tomb in Moscow’s Red Square where the embalmed body of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been publicly displayed since shortly after his death.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Lenin’s Mausoleum 2
Lenin's Mausoleum 1
Lenin’s Mausoleum on Red Square 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mausoleum ⓘ
memorial ⓘ
tomb ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Alexey Shchusev ⓘ
architecturalStyle Constructivism ⓘ
Soviet avant-garde ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1929 ⓘ
containsRemainsOf Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
coordinates 55.7537°N 37.6208°E ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
entranceFee free ⓘ
era Soviet era ⓘ
hasFeature stepped pyramid form ⓘ
tribune for Soviet leaders ⓘ
viewing hall with glass sarcophagus ⓘ
height approximately 12 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow" ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1930 ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Central Federal District ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
Moscow Kremlin vicinity ⓘ
Red Square ⓘ
maintainedBy Federal Protective Service of Russia ⓘ
materialUsed black labradorite ⓘ
marble ⓘ
red granite ⓘ
namedAfter Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
nearby GUM department store ⓘ
Kremlin Wall Necropolis ⓘ
St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Saint Basil’s Cathedral
occupant Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
openedToPublic 1930 ⓘ
owner Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Government of Russia
partOf Red Square ⓘ
surface form: Red Square ensemble
publicAccess yes ⓘ
religion secular ⓘ
subjectOf political debates about removal of Lenin’s body ⓘ
state-sponsored embalming program for Lenin’s body ⓘ
temporaryWoodenVersionOpened 1924 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1990 ⓘ
usedAs ceremonial platform for Soviet leadership ⓘ
reviewing stand for military parades ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GUM department store → adjacentTo → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenin's Mausoleum
Red Square → adjacentTo → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenin’s Mausoleum
Vladimir Lenin → burialPlace → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenin’s Mausoleum
Vladimir Lenin → commemoratedBy → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenin’s Mausoleum on Red Square
Kremlin Wall Necropolis → hasPart → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum → inspiredBy → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
Stalin’s death mask → relatedTo → Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mausoleum of Lenin