Lenin's Mausoleum

Lenin's Mausoleum

Мавзолей Ленина Mavzoley Lenina
Lenin's Mausoleum, 2006
55°45′13″N 37°37′11″E / 55.75361°N 37.61972°E / 55.75361; 37.61972
Location	Moscow, Russia
Designer	Alexey Shchusev
Type	Memorial
Material	Concrete and marble
Completion date	10 November 1930; 93 years ago (1930-11-10)
Dedicated to	Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin (formerly)

Lenin's Mausoleum (from 1953 to 1961 Lenin's and Stalin's Mausoleum) (Russian: Мавзолей Ленина, tr. Mavzoley Lenina, IPA: [məvzɐˈlʲej ˈlʲenʲɪnə]), also known as Lenin's Tomb, is a mausoleum located at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. 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. The outdoor tribune over the mausoleum's entrance was used by Soviet leaders to observe military parades. The structure, designed by Alexey Shchusev, incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums such as the Step Pyramid, the Tomb of Cyrus the Great and, to some degree, the Temple of the Inscriptions.