The museum was opened in May, 1924, as a branch
of the V.I.Lenin Institute. Since 1936 it has been called the Central
V.I.Lenin museum. More than 12,500 exhibits are displayed in its three
floors and 34 halls. The exhibits include the first publications of his
works, photostat copies of his manuscripts, Vladimir Ilich's personal
belongings, documentary photographs and presents from the working people.
Also on display are several Soviet works
of art-paintings. sculptures, graphics, and items of folk art dedicated
to V. I.Lenin.
VLADIMIR LENIN
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museum welcome! |
The entire cause of the Soviet people is tied with the name of Lenin.
Under his leadership the Russian working people and peasants took the
power into their own hands in 1917
and founded the first socialist state in
the world. Under the banner of Lenin,
they heroically defended the Soviet power
during the years of the Civil War, and the achievements of socialism during
the Great Patriotic War from 1941
to 1945. Lenin's name and image remain in the hearts of the builders
of communist society.
We invite you to the most important of these museums, the Central V.
I. Lenin Museum in Moscow. It is located on Revolution
Square in the immediate proximity of Red Square, the Kremlin, and those
places about which it was once said: "Here every stone knows Lenin." This
is because Lenin's intense work on the formation of the socialist state
was linked for years with Moscow, Red Square and the Kremlin. He lies
in rest in the Mausoleum
on Red Square.
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