Architecture

Lenin's Mausoleum, southeast elevation

Moscow, Russia

Мавзолей В. И. Ленина (Mavzolej V. I. Lenina) [Russian]
Lenin's Mausoleum, southeast elevation

Architecture

structure overview
Lenin's Mausoleum

Architecture: Lenin's Mausoleum

historic names
Lenin's & Stalin's Mausoleum
Мавзолей Владимира Ильича Ленина и Иосифа Виссарионовича Сталина (Mavzolej Vladimira Il'icha Lenina i Iosifa Vissarionovicha Stalina)
1953-1961
built
–
1924-1926
1930
culture
Russian
style/period
Constructivism
work type by function
mausoleum
material
labradorite, granite
architect
Alexey Shchusev, Isidor Frantsuz

Specifications

Specifications: Lenin's Mausoleum

area
5,800 m²

Geography

Asia » Europe » Northern Asia » Eastern Europe » Russia » Central Federal District » Moscow Oblast » Moscow » Central Administrative Okrug » Tverskoy Rayon
local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
1924-1991
Soviet Union

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, VI
designation
reference
545

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,164 × 3,602  pixel
43.7 × 30.5 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
perspective control, colour corrected
copyrights
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