Kremlin Wall Necropolis

I don't like cemeteries. Pompous ones either.

I walked by that wall and among those tombstones in August, after a visit to Lenin's mausoleum (a revolting feeling in there, I'd say...). What shocked me most was the cheerful ambience on the Red Sq...

Where the Soviet elite (and others) rest in eternity

The Kremlin Wall Necropolis can be seen only as part of a visit to the Lenin Mausoleum. You cannot see it independently. So you have to wait in line. Sometimes for an hour or two. The persons buri...

A little rushed so it’s hard to identify the lesser figures buried by the wall

The slabs in front of the former premiers or presidents were being repaired so there was no access, from the distance we could identify Joseph Stalin’s bust but nothing more. Upon exiting Lenin’s m...

Cemetery of many famous people

A who’s who of higher-ups in Russian political history. Stalin is probably the most famous, though Brezhnev is there also. I also found some other people that I wanted to, like Gagarin. It’s kind of h...

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