Competition for the best concept of Lenin’s mausoleum announced in Russia

The Union of Architects of Russia has announced a competition for the best idea for the operation of the mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square, if the body of Vladimir Lenin is buried.

This is reported by Kommersant.

The organizers of the contest pointed out that the presence of Vladimir Lenin’s body in “the very heart of the country, which has realized the historical errors of the past,” contradicts modern ideas about eternal memory, “violates the Russian Orthodox tradition, as well as the will of the leader himself. “

The Union of Architects of Russia sees fit to make the Mausoleum a branch of the State Museum of Architecture. Shchusev and put there an exhibition on the history of the design of all versions of the building: plywood, wood, granite. Contest participants are invited to draw up a master plan for the route that would connect the Mausoleum with the Vozdvizhenka museum. Other ideas for using the Mausoleum are welcome.

The registration of participants of the contest is done until October 19, the announcement of the results is scheduled to be announced on November 13. The head of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Olga Lyubimova, the leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and “Fair Russia” Gennady Zyuganov and Sergey Mironov are invited to the jury.

As reported by “Strana”, most Russians have wanted to remove Lenin’s body from the Mausoleum for several years. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky offered to sell Lenin’s mummy to China or Vietnam, while State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya said that the Mausoleum of the Revolutionary Creator in Moscow’s Red Square is a relic that cannot fill the spiritual void of the Russians.