It finds sanctuary in war monuments and is posted on signs: Lenin Square, Heroes of Stalingrad Street, Cinema Moscow. It even simmers in a pot of borscht. Take Galina Onischenko's version of the ...

it's possible to view Lenin more or less as he appeared on the day of his passing, lying in repose in a mausoleum on Red Square. But what are the secrets behind maintaining Lenin's embalmed state ...

The bust itself came from the Soviet Embassy. The monument stood in Holford Square, Islington, looking towards number 30 where Lenin had lived in 1902-3. Lenin and his wife lived in Islington ...