Poliemica in Moscow: Where do we get Lenin?

When does Lenin's corpse from Mausoleum leave and bury at Red Square in Moscow? There are controversial discussions in Russia just before the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution.

By Deutsche Welle

Two very different politicians urged the debate this time: Xenia Sobcak, renowned television moderator and recently candidate for presidential elections in next March, as well as Czech President Ramsan Kadirov. The latter suggested that it is wrong, as in Russia's <x0nd Heart Square, there is a coffin with a dead man.” Sobcak, the daughter of former mayor of St Petersburg, Anatolia Sobcak, said in an interview that if she wins the elections, she will see Lenin buried.

But that is not currently in the order of the day, government spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated. In the same hole, Valentina Matvitenko, spokeswoman for the Federation Council and former governor of St Petersburg, also played the pipe. It too will gain time and hope for a “road without conflict” to answer the issue of Lenin's burial. Currently, many people live, for whom Lenin is very important. These people have the right to seek respect for their beliefs, she said. Russia does not need any further conflicts, Matvienko added further.

Matvienko, who is part of President Putin's most loyal supporters, believes one day there will be a referendum on whether Lenin will be buried. However, this will not happen today or tomorrow”, she said in a conversation of “The argument of Fact”.

Putin Shows Uninterested

Just the fact that Lenin's corpse is being discussed angers Russia's communist chief Gennadi Sjuganov. The demand is shameful. It drew attention to other locations, which are also stored in mausoleums by the dead. 73-year-old boss of The KK will lead on November 7th, on the anniversary of the so-called October Revolution a parade of communists and fans of Lenin.

Official activities or even parties with Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital will not be held. The president, Suganov said recently, had promised Lenin would not leave the Red Square, at least not until Putin is president.

The chief of the Kremlin itself does not show any particular interest in the matter of what will happen to Lenin. His in charge of Human Rights, Michail Fedotov, compared him in a conversation with DW the embalmed founder of the Soviet Union to zombies in the British Museum in London. Even there are zombies of Pharaohs or former rulers, without anyone going there to plant flowers. In short, on Lenny's burial case, he can't be disturbed.

Lenin opposed a person's cult

The decision to embalm Lenin has to do with his successor, Stalin. Previously, the remains of the leader of the revolution and the mass killer were preserved in a 1924 wooden provisor. Years later, a mausoleum of concrete and granite was established. Since then, dozens of scientists retour the corpse or what's left of it.

In the living, Lenin spoke out against all cults. His closest associate during the so-called October Revolution, Trocki, as well as Lenin's widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, expressed themselves against the exposure of the dead. After the end of the Soviet Union, Vice President Boris Jelcen has had some attempts to end the cult of the dead. The Russian Orthodox Church is also for Lenin's burial. But neither Jelcin nor the church was able to enforce their decision.