Majority of russians want Lenin buried in poll

[cowcommander]

Source: BBC

An online poll organised by Russia's ruling party suggests there is strong support for burying Lenin's body. Of more than 250,000 people who have voted in the poll, two-thirds so far say Lenin should now be buried.

The revolutionary leader's embalmed body has been on display in a mausoleum in Red Square in Moscow since his death in 1924. The debate about what to with his body resurfaces with every anniversary of his death - on 21 January 1924.

The unofficial poll was set up by some members of parliament for United Russia (UR), the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12266909

[damntexdem]

1. How are they going to bury him in a poll?

;-)

[Sabriel]

3. Maybe they meant a "Pole"?

Another indignity the Poles must suffer at the hands of the Russians.

[Sonoman]

5. Maybe it's a typo. Maybe they'll just fling him into a 'pool'.

That would take some of the starch out of him, I'll bet.

Sonoman

[davidinalameda]

25. how about a pool of poo

[yurbud]

38. that was my first thought. Maybe ''under a pole''

[MuseRider]

2. He does look pretty creepy!

Lenin jerky. It is odd to walk past that.

[Bobbysox22]

4. Actually, he looks pretty good, for a dead guy.

[MuseRider]

6. You got me there!

From the distance in the low light he looked pretty bad but if that is a picture of what he looks like close with some light on him you are very correct. He looks smashing for a dead guy!

[Warren Stupidity]

8. "kind a fly for a dead guy"

was that a kid rock song?

[TheMightyFavog]

24. The Offspring, not Kid Rock.

Dammit, now I have that song stck in my head.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. He really does. I've seen him...

I was pretty amazed. He's been there since 1924 and looks as "good," or better than most you'd see at a wake today. I asked about that and was told that they have a special and secret method of embalming him and they redo it every 10 years... :wow: :scared:

On edit: Welcome to DU! :hi:

[NYC Liberal]

12. There's an old Russian documentary that aired only once I believe

but they showed the whole weekly (?) process of them cleaning the body.



(There are more 'revealing' photos if you Google...)

[Rhiannon12866]

13. When I was there, they told me that they re embalm him every 10 years.

And that it's a secret process that's passed on from father to son. I was pretty amazed how "good" he looked, too, so I asked... He actually looks quite lifelike. x(

[Dennis Donovan]

14. So I googled...

http://www.funatiq.com/not-so-funny/shocking-images-with-lenins-body/

At least they had the decency to put a towel over his junk...:puke:

[Old Troop]

16. A little "Dr. Scholls" foot powder and he'll look good as new.

[LisaL]

19. The almost naked body is not Lenin but somebody they practiced on.

As you can see his head has hair while Lenin is quite bold.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. That's Vladimir Lenin.

More of him than I ever expected or wanted to see. x(

I've seen his body lying in state in its tomb in Moscow and he had male pattern baldness. He's been there since 1924 and I was told that they reembalm him every 10 years. :crazy:

[LisaL]

27. No it is not.

If you look at Lenin's image he has no hair on top of his head, while this naked guy (whoever he is) clearly got hair. Which was obviously noticed (among other things) by most people commenting on the photos in that link.

[Dennis Donovan]

28. I think LisaL's right...

In the photo showing him in his tomb, his right hand is closed. In the pics of him hot-tubbing it, the fingers on his right hand are open. I'm guessing his finger joints aren't flexible after 86 years. However, you've been there so you would know. I guess I'm not sure...:crazy:

Of course, that begs the question - who the hell IS in the hot-tub???

[Rhiannon12866]

29. It is true that I've seen him, but I can only give my impressions...

The rumor was that, after all this time, he'd been replaced by a wax figure, so that's what I tried to decide when I got a chance to see him for myself. But it was tough, descending stairs in near darkness, while the miles-long line was constantly moving, and Lenin, himself, was under bullet-proof glass. I looked long and hard, and decided that he was real, but that was only my impression.

Whether the pix are of Lenin, I looked at those even more briefly x(, and I think it's impossible to know anything for sure at this point in history. We don't even know when they were taken and the mystery surrounding what actually happened to him, and the secrecy regarding the preservation of his body, is legendary. Russia has a long and painful history of intrigue, betrayal and power struggles that has gone on for centuries. I think it's impossible to know the truth about anything for sure, don't think anyone can now, and I can only give my impressions from a very limited perspective... :shrug:

As for who's in the hot tub? I know that there's a list around here somewhere... ;)

[Dennis Donovan]

30. I believe the mummy in the mausoleum is Vlad....

...but the mummy in the hot tub pics is likely someone else. Perhaps it's the well-preserved remains of Cooley Hurd? ;-)

[LisaL]

31. The mummy in the tub is some guy they are practicing their

embalming methods on.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. I still believe that it was Lenin I saw in Lenin's tomb...

But I don't know about the pix. As I said, it's impossible to know what they've done. For all I know, after 86 years, they've had to entirely rebuild him from scratch. :shrug: :crazy:

As for CH, I'm as sure as I can be that he's still with us... ;)

[Dennis Donovan]

35. Not THIS Cooley:

[Rhiannon12866]

36. Nope, not that one.

The one I was thinking of is still alive and well... ;)

[Dennis Donovan]

37. Alive, perhaps...

...not quite sure about "well"...

[Rhiannon12866]

39. Well,

As well as can be expected, after all these years, may be a better description... :shrug:

[Akoto]

23. That is creepy. They're like necromancers or something. n/t

[dflprincess]

32. Especially for a guy who has been dead 87 years n/t

[Patchuli]

7. That's beyond creepy!! ewwu nt

[Elmo SinJohn]

9. I sort of hope he goes on e-bay.

[Javaman]

10. Where is this Poll that you speak of? nt

[liberal N proud]

15. Make one last call for anyone who wanted to see him

If no one shows in a week plant him, see what springs up.

[ThoughtCriminal]

17. Unless the poll included the "Weekend at Bernies" option...

I'm not sure it should be considered valid.

[Boojatta]

18. I'm pleased to hear that all of the more important problems in Russia

have now been solved.

[Pterodactyl]

20. He's dead and the Soviet Union is dead. Bury him.

Or toss him on the ash heap of history or something.

[hayu_lol]

21. Don't know if it is still true...

but Evita's body, similarly embalmed, is still hidden away somewhere in Argentina.

[davidinalameda]

26. Madonna got it as a bonus

for doing the movie

She put Evita up on her mantle

[patricia92243]

34. It's a tourist attraction - helps their economy. Remove it and lots of people will lose their jobs.

It has no real political meaning, so just leave it there so the gawkers will contine to spend their money.