Russians Again Wonder, What To Do With Lenin

Voice of America ^ | 9 Nov 2005 | Bill Gasperini

[GarySpFc]

How about roasting him over a spit until nothing is left?

Seriously, Putin has already put out feelers suggesting burying Lenin. As the old line communists die and their voices silenced the body will be buried.

[laconic]

I've seen this devil several times; not out of respect but out of historical curiosity. Almost no Russians go to see the carcass; its virtually all foreign tourists and he has a very weird looking marble tomb. As you can see, his hand is curled up; a result of some paralysis due to a poor shot by Fanny Kaplan, who was subsequently finished off by the NKVD. A Russian friend who lives in Moscow and is married to a Moscow cop told me that the tomb guards have been bribed several times by wealthy Texas oilmen to let them in after the tomb is closed so they could get a photo taken of themselves lying next to Lenin's tomb.

[GarySpFc]

Look for statues of Stalin and Lenin to reappear, in all their splendor, throughout Russia.

Oh nonsense! The Russian people want no part of communism. There are only two statues of Stalin in all of Russia, and the one in Moscow has the nose knocked off.

[pleikumud]

Lenin could replace the Jackass as the symbol of the Democrats. This would free up the Jackass to be the new symbol of the Republicans.

[Fintan]

They could always replace him with this:

[Calpernia]

>>>Putin has already put out feelers suggesting burying Lenin. As the old line communists die and their voices silenced the body will be buried.

Can we send Mikhail Gorbachev an invitation to join him?

[kalee]

http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl103046.htm

They are trying to decide what to do with Ferdinand Marcos' remains too. He is on view also. From the article...

"As politicians and ordinary citizens renew a national debate on what to do with the Marcos corpse some 16 years after his death, Bactat, a retired soldier, is sticking by his boss as administrator of the former leader's mausoleum.
Public displays of the remains of former leaders are going out of fashion elsewhere in the world including Russia, where, after eight decades on public display in a glass box like Marcos, the government is considering what to do with the remains of its first communist leader Lenin."

[LIConFem]

"Oh nonsense! The Russian people want no part of communism...."

So you say, and I do hope you're right. I only react to what I see and read.

[dawn53]

Interesting links, but what's with this info?

biochemist Boris Zbarsky and anatomist Vladimir Vorobiov worked night and day to preserve the body so that it looked as it had done in life. Ever since, Lenin's body has been checked twice a week for deterioration. Every 18 months it is taken to a laboratory beneath its mausoleum to be undressed, examined and immersed in preserving chemicals. Nowadays, Moscow's 'mausoleumists' earn most of their money by preserving the bodies of dead mafia bosses.

Why do they preserve the bodies of dead mafia bosses????

[Clock King]

Only one answer: EBay!

[reagan_fanatic]

Some more examples of successful embalming...

[LIConFem]

Look here: Soviet Spy Chief Back -- On Pedestal

[Oratam]

A quite apt comparison as Stalin, former seminarian, made the decision to embalm Lenin in the hope the Russian people would identify the incorruptible Lenin with the saintly Incorruptibles.

[JimRed]

Church leaders have long suggested that keeping an embalmed body on public view conflicts with Christian tradition.

As a true believing Communist, Lenin could not have cared less about Christian tradition. His remains are right where he'd want them to be. But his eternal soul got (or is in for, depending on your interpretation) a big surprise!

[tumblindice]

I attended an open-casket eulogy in little town in Oklahoma years ago. It was a small church with only the front doors for entering and leaving.
For some reason the corpse started slowly `sitting-up' during the service! There were several `exits' after that happened, but we proceeded to the cemetery after things calmed down.
The problem here may be that the ground just won't accept this bird . . .

[GarySpFc]

"Oh nonsense! The Russian people want no part of communism...."

So you say, and I do hope you're right. I only react to what I see and read.

It's ironic that Republicans do not trust the MSM in America, but they trust them for news from Russia. Russia has the same problem with their media as America. It is for the most part controlled by the oligarchs, and they are doing everything in their power to gain control.

[fortunecookie]

I, too, have thought this is a possibility. They need to bury the corpse. And hopefully just forget about him.

[LIConFem]

"It's ironic that Republicans do not trust the MSM in America, but they trust them for news from Russia. Russia has the same problem with their media as America. It is for the most part controlled by the oligarchs, and they are doing everything in their power to gain control. "

I don't have to trust the MSM on this (anymore). I work with a Russian guy (who still has family there) who verified that there are still too many Russians pining for the good old days. Even he worries about Russia's future.

[Aquinasfan]

A quite apt comparison as Stalin, former seminarian, made the decision to embalm Lenin in the hope the Russian people would identify the incorruptible Lenin with the saintly Incorruptibles.

Wow! I didn't know that. Thanks.

That also ties in with the thesis that communism is an inversion or perversion of religion.

[Aquinasfan]

but what's with this info?

Dunno. I just Googled quickly to find a photo 8-)