Lenin Mausoleum

Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as Lenin's Tomb, is a mausoleum located at in , . It serves as the resting place of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, whose preserved body has been on public display since shortly after his death in 1924, with rare exceptions in wartime.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: architectural structure in Red Square, Moscow, Russia
  • Also known as: “Lăng Lê Nin”, “Lăng Lênin”, “Lenin Mozolesi”, “Lenin’s Mausoleum”, “Leninin mauseleumi”, “Leninmausoléet”, “Leninmausoleum”, “Leninovo mauzóleum”, “Mausolee de Lenine”, “Mausoleum Leninis”, “Mauzóleum Vladimíra Iľjiča Lenina”, “Tumba de lenin”, “Τάφος του Λένιν”, “Владимир Ильич Ленин”, “Зиккурат бланка”, “Мавзолей В. И. Ленина”, “Мавзолей В. И. Ленина и И. В. Сталина”, “Мавзоле́й Ле́нина”, “Мавзолей Ленина-Сталина”, “Мавзолейи Владимир Ильич Ленин”, “מאוזולאום של לנין”, “קבר לנין”, “آرامگاه ولادیمیر لنین”, “ارامگاه لنین”, “ارامگاه ولادیمیر لنین”, “مقبره لنین”, and “مقبره ولادیمیر لنین”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsar Cannon and Spasskiye Gate.

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The is a large early modern period artillery piece on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. is situated 260 metres southwest of Lenin Mausoleum.

City gate
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The Spasskaya Tower, also translated as the Saviour Tower, is the main tower on the eastern wall of the which overlooks . is situated 160 metres southeast of Lenin Mausoleum.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house in , , originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. is situated 730 metres north of Lenin Mausoleum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moscow and Outskirts.

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Since its founding in 1147, has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.

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The Moscow include areas from 's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.

Neighborhood
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, also referred to as the Great Possad in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants of now almost entirely razed fortifications, narrow streets and very densely built cityscape.

Lenin Mausoleum

Latitude
55.7536° or 55° 45′ 13″ north
Longitude
37.6197° or 37° 37′ 11″ east
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
9G7VQJ39+CV
Geo­Names ID
6956699
Wiki­data ID
Q191414
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lenin Mausoleum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lenin-mausoleum”
  • Arabic: “ضريح فلاديمير لينين”
  • Armenian: “Լենինի դամբարան”
  • Armenian: “Լենինի Մավզոլեում”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lenin mavzoleyi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lenin türbəsi”
  • Basque: “Leninen mausoleoa”
  • Belarusian: “Маўзалей Леніна”
  • Bulgarian: “Мавзолей на Ленин”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu de Lenin”
  • Chinese: “列宁墓”
  • Chinese: “列寧墓”
  • Czech: “Leninovo mauzoleum”
  • Danish: “Lenins mausoleum”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mezelcay Lenini”
  • Dutch: “Mausoleum van Lenin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح لينين”
  • Esperanto: “Maŭzoleo de Lenin”
  • Estonian: “Lenini mausoleum”
  • Finnish: “Leninin mausoleumi”
  • French: “mausolée de Lénine”
  • French: “Mausolée de Lénine”
  • Galician: “Mausoleo de Lenin”
  • Georgian: “ლენინის მავზოლეუმი”
  • German: “Lenin-Mausoleum”
  • Greek: “Μαυσωλείο του Λένιν”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Lenin”
  • Hebrew: “המאוזוליאום של לנין”
  • Hungarian: “Lenin-mauzóleum”
  • Indonesian: “Mausoleum Lenin”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo di Lenin”
  • Japanese: “レーニン廟”
  • Kirghiz: “Ленин мавзолейи”
  • Korean: “레닌 묘”
  • Lao: “ສຸສານເລນິນ”
  • Latin: “Mausoleum Lenin”
  • Latvian: “Ļeņina mauzolejs”
  • Lithuanian: “Lenino mauzoliejus”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lenin-Mausoleum”
  • Macedonian: “Ленинов мавзолеј”
  • Malay: “Makam Lenin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leninmausoleet”
  • Norwegian: “Leninmausoleet”
  • Ossetian: “Ленины мавзолей”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه لنین”
  • Polish: “Mauzoleum Lenina”
  • Portuguese: “Mausoléu de Lenin”
  • Pushto: “د لینن مقبره”
  • Romanian: “Mausoleul lui Lenin”
  • Russian: “Мавзолей Ленина”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-adhlacaidh Lenin”
  • Serbian: “Lenjinov mauzolej”
  • Serbian: “Лењинов маузолеј”
  • Slovak: “Mauzóleum Vladimira Iľjiča Lenina”
  • Slovenian: “Leninov mavzolej”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لنین موزوله‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Mausoleo de Lenin”
  • Swedish: “Leninmausoleet”
  • Tagalog: “Mausoleo ni Lenin”
  • Tajik: “Mavzoleji Lenin”
  • Tajik: “Мавзолейи Ленин”
  • Tajik: “Оромгоҳи Ленин”
  • Tatar: “Ленин төрбәсе”
  • Thai: “สุสานเลนิน”
  • Tibetan: “ལེ་ཉིན་གྱི་བང་སོ།”
  • Turkish: “Lenin’in Mozolesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавзолей Леніна”
  • Urdu: “لینن کا مقبرہ”
  • Uzbek: “Lenin maqbarasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng Lenin”
  • Western Frisian: “Mausoleum fan Lenin”
  • Western Panjabi: “لینن دا مقبرہ”
  • Yue Chinese: “列寧墓”

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