Lenin's Mausoleum (Moscow, Russia) : General view, showing the east entry
- Creator:
- Shchusev, Aleksey, 1873-1949
- Published/Created:
- Red Square, Moscow, Rossiya, Russia
1929-1930 - Materials:
- granite
marble - Notes:
- Situated in Red Square in Moscow, the mausoleum serves as the current resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since the year he died in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). Aleksey Shchusev's diminutive but monumental granite structure incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums, such as the Step Pyramid and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great. Numerous design variants lay between the first improvised timber version (1924) and the final building (1929-1930) of red, black and grey marble and granite. Rhythmically, volumetrically and in its colour this fitted in superbly with the Kremlin Wall behind, while remaining an uncompromisingly undecorated example of Modernist monumentality.
- Variant Titles:
- Lenin's Tomb
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Russia -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Constructivist
Modern
Modernist
Twentieth century - Culture:
- Russian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-R-M-LM-A3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; death or burial; rulers and leaders; Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 construction buildings; funerary buildings; mausoleums
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Four
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10107429
- PID:
- digcoll:1837077