Sadly, the descent module's parachute failed to deploy correctly and the capsule was said to have crashed into the steppe of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freeman’s grave at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Freeman died on July 24, 1921, in an accident involving an experimental monorail near Kursk. He was travelling with his comrade, “Commissar ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Falling scaffolding broke off one of the “teeth” on the top of the Kremlin wall on Friday, prompting Russian authorities to seal off Red Square. A gust of wind brought down the ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — Falling scaffolding ...