I so want to go see his corpse – if only for the morbid factor. I think that would be so freaking cool to see.
Other than that, Lenin can go rot in hell, for all I care. I just want to see a preserved, 80-some-year old corpse.
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Colibri
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Do they change his suit when they do his annual overhaul?
You have to book a tour via an approved agency. I used one based in Beijing and spent 5 days this past August in the DPRK. One of the most bizarre and fascinating places I’ve been. Kim’s resting place is more of a palace that either Mao’s or Lenin’s.
Hopefully I will get to see Ho Chi Minh - I think those are the only 4 leaders preserved. I’m kinda surprised Turkmenbashi didn’t get the same treatment… but he was alive when I was in Turkmenistan and I have no plans for a second visit there… just not much to see really.
Eva Peron was, but they eventually buried her.
Likewise, at one time Stalin was also displayed along-side Ulyanov*, but Khrushchev had him buried in 1961.
*Lenin’s real name.