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Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (died 1949)

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Alexey Shchusev

Russian architect (1873–1949)

Alexey Victorovich Shchusev was a Russian and Soviet architect who was successful during three consecutive epochs of Russian architecture – Art Nouveau, Constructivism, and Stalinist architecture, being one of the few Russian architects to be celebrated under both the Romanovs…
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Lenin's Mausoleum

Tomb in Moscow, Russia

Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as Lenin's Tomb, is a mausoleum located at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. It serves as the resting place of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, whose preserved body has been on public display since shortly after his death in 1924, with rare exceptions in…
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