Lenin's Mausoleum - a monument -tomb on Red Square near the Kremlin wall in Moscow .
Author of the project -A. Shchusev .
The construction lasted from 1924 to 1930 .
protected by the state .
In the present tomb opened to every Tuesday, Wednesday , Thursday and Saturday from 10 to 13 hours.Access to the mausoleum and the graves to the walls of the Kremlin through a checkpoint at the St. Nicholas tower, where a metal detector checks . When visiting the mausoleum is prohibited to carry photo and video equipment , mobile phones with a camera.You also can not bring with them bags, backpacks, bags , large metal objects and bottles filled with liquid ( wishing to offer a premium service lockers in the building of the Historical Museum ). Access to the mausoleum is free, but often with the approach sections scammers offer to purchase their tickets by hand .The mausoleum relies men remove hat , keeping silence , without stopping at the grave , make a semicircle around the sarcophagus.
The incidents in the mausoleum .
March 19, 1934 Mitrofan M. Nikitin tried to shoot at the embalmed body of the leader. He prevented the guards to respond quickly and visitors. Nikitin was shot on the spot .When it was discovered a letter of protest addressed to the content of the party and government [2].
November 5, 1957 AN Romanov, a resident of Moscow without a definite occupation, threw a bottle of ink Mausoleum . Sarcophagus with Lenin's body has suffered.
March 20, 1959 one of the visitors threw a hammer and smashed sarcophagus glass. Body VILenin was not damaged.
July 14, 1960 a resident of the city of Frunze KN Minibaev jumped the barrier and kick broke the glass sarcophagus. Fragments of damaged skin, the embalmed body of Lenin. Because of the restoration work the mausoleum was closed until August 15.Minibaev the investigation showed that since 1949, harbored the intention to destroy the coffin containing the body of Lenin, and July 13, 1960 specifically for this came to Moscow .
September 9, 1961 LA Smirnova , passing coffin , spat at him and then threw it into the sarcophagus stone wrapped in a handkerchief , accompanied by their actions oaths.Glass sarcophagus was broken, but Lenin's body was not damaged.
April 24, 1962 a resident of Pavlovsky Posad pensioner AA Lyutikov also threw a rock into the sarcophagus. Lenin's body was not damaged. It was later revealed that Lyutikov in the previous two years , wrote letters to the anti-Soviet national newspapers and the embassies of Western countries.
In September 1967 , a resident of Kaunas by the name of Krysanov detonated bomb belt near the entrance to the mausoleum. A terrorist and a few other people were killed , the Mausoleum was not injured.
September 1, 1973 an unknown detonated an improvised explosive device inside the Lenin Mausoleum.Offender and a married couple killed several people , including children , were injured. The body of Vladimir Lenin was not affected , because by the time the coffin was already closed bulletproof glass. [3].
March 15, 2010 near Moscow resident Sergei climbed over the fence Krapets , climbed to the podium and the Lenin Mausoleum began shouting out calls for the destruction of the mausoleum and buried early body of Lenin. During the arrest of its police Krapets offered armed resistance , but it was delayed.It was later revealed that at this point Krapets was wanted for committing a robbery.
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