As Russia marks the centennial of the Bolshevik revolution on Tuesday, the long-standing row over the body of its leader in the heart of Moscow has reignited. RT looks back on how Vladimir Lenin ended up as Red Square’s most controversial feature.
TEHRAN, November 3 -The head of the Chechen Republic has called for Vladimir Lenin’s body be taken out of its Moscow mausoleum and properly buried. This would be a “reasonable and humane” step, Ramzan Kadyrov said.
TEHRAN, August 4, YJC - One of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s most adventurous climbers, Alireza Boroujerdi Karimi, has succumbed to altitude sickness during a climb on Lenin Peak, or Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Peak, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.