Lenin Mausoleum and Necropolis near the Kremlin wall
Lenin's Mausoleum, Kremlin Wall Necropolisrussia, Moscow
Lenin Mausoleum and Necropolis near the Kremlin wall
Lenin's Mausoleum, Kremlin Wall Necropolisrussia, Moscow
The Necropolis near the Kremlin Wall is a memorial cemetery on Moscow's Red Square, near the wall (and in the wall serving as a columbarium for urns with ashes) of the Moscow Kremlin. The burial place of prominent figures (mainly political and military) of the Soviet state; in the 1920s-1930s, foreign communists were also buried there (John Reed, Sen Katayama, Clara Zetkin).
The necropolis began to take shape in November 1917. In 1924, a monument-tomb of Lenin's Mausoleum was built, which became the center of the necropolis.
The necropolis began to take shape in November 1917. In 1924, a monument-tomb of Lenin's Mausoleum was built, which became the center of the necropolis.
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