100 Years After Death, Lenin Lives On for Some Russians
Communist revolutionary and co-founder of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin died at age 53 on Jan. 21, 1924, following a series of strokes.
One hundred years later, the Soviet leader still looms large for some Russians.
Several dozen Russian Communists gathered at Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square to mark the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary leader's death, carrying flowers and banners with the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky's famous line "Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live!"
The scene in the Razliv neighborhood outside St. Petersburg, where Lenin sheltered amid the violence of the 1917 Revolution, was more sedate, with statues of the first head of the Soviet Union left quietly to the snow.
Here are photos from Sunday's commemorations:
One hundred years later, the Soviet leader still looms large for some Russians.
Several dozen Russian Communists gathered at Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square to mark the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary leader's death, carrying flowers and banners with the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky's famous line "Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live!"
The scene in the Razliv neighborhood outside St. Petersburg, where Lenin sheltered amid the violence of the 1917 Revolution, was more sedate, with statues of the first head of the Soviet Union left quietly to the snow.
Here are photos from Sunday's commemorations:
A man smokes next to a snow-covered aluminum bust of Lenin in a museum complex park in Razliv, outside St. Petersburg.
Olga Maltseva / AFP
Supporters of the Russian Communist Party attend a ceremony to lay flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow to mark the 100th death anniversary of the Russian revolutionary.
Artyom Geodakyan / TASS
A Russian Communist Party member holding a flag with the slogan "Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live!" marches to lay flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum.
Artyom Geodakyan / TASS
People walk past a snow-coated bronze statue of Lenin in a park in Razliv.
Olga Maltseva / AFP
A man cleans snow next to a bronze monument depicting Lenin with an upraised arm in Razliv.
Olga Maltseva / AFP
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov at the ceremony for laying wreaths and flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
Laying wreaths and flowers at the Lenin Mausoleum.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
A man stands with a portrait of Lenin hanging in front of him on Red Square.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
Communists hold red flags with various slogans on Red Square.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
Lenin's preserved body lies in his Mausoleum, the central, flat building, on Red Square.
Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency
