May 31, 2007 - Red Square Moscow, Russia

Red Square is Awesome! Click here for photos and information on sights in Moscow: http://www.waytorussia.net/Moscow/Sights.html


***St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible) and built between 1555 and 1561 in Moscow to commemorate the capture of the Khanate of Kazan.

***Lenin's Tomb is the mausoleum that serves as the final resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since the year he died in 1924. On January 21, the day that Lenin died, the Soviet government received more than 10,000 telegrams from all over Russia, which asked the government to preserve his body somehow for future generations. More than 100,000 people visited the tomb within a month and a half. Each year on January 21, Communist Party supporters line up to lay flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum to mark the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin. More than 10 million people visited Lenin's tomb between 1924 and 1972. Though supposedly "rejuvenated" annually by Russian undertakers, Lenin's body currently gives off a waxed appearance, prompting many to wonder if it is still real. Both the former Soviet government and the current Russian authorities refuse to comment on the topic of the body's authenticity. The family of Lenin's embalmers states that the corpse is real and requires daily work to moisturize the features and inject preservatives under the clothes. On a regular basis the corpse is removed from view to be undressed and treated.