On the 400th anniversary of the Romanovs, Russia’s dynasty of tsars, explore the often grave and sometimes amusing history of Moscow’s fortified city centre. Overrun by Mongols, rattled by ...

Built in 1924, shortly after Lenin’s death, the Mausoleum is just part (albeit the central one) of a large necropolis near the Kremlin Wall. This cemetery for communist dignitaries was founded ...

He was given a state funeral and buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis." Source: L.Pakhomov/TASS It’s little wonder the book was well received by Lenin. "Here is a book which I should like to ...

He is buried in the Kremlin wall necropolis. Andropov died on Feb. 9, 1984, aged 69, after 15 months in office. He received a state funeral on Red Square after four days of national mourning ...

From 1953-1961, Joseph Stalin’s body was also placed in the tomb but was subsequently interred at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. In 1990, Lenin’s mausoleum was included in the UNESCO World ...

It did not say when it would reopen. The Kremlin wall necropolis, where Soviet leaders such as Josef Stalin are buried, is part of the same tourist experience and will also be closed. The Interfax ...

The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a resting place for the good, the bad and the ugly of Soviet times – Yuri Gagarin, Joseph Stalin and the embalmed body of Lenin, in a mausoleum all to himself.