Lenin’s Mausoleum. After Lenin died in 1924, his body was preserved for posterity (against his wishes).
The body was embalmed and, after it was clear the embalming process had worked, the mausoleum was built to house it.
A laboratory is dedicated to preserving the body, which needs regular application of special fluids,
financed privately since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Mausoleum is still open most days, and visitors queue to see Lenin's preserved body, though the
queues are not as long now as they were during the Soviet era. Photography inside the mausoleum is
forbidden, as are talking, smoking, keeping hands in pockets, or wearing hats (if male).