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Spartak · 10-05-2005, 10:11 PM

All the vitriol against Lenin... why I could say the same thing about Reagan, but I digress...

Anyway that article has several points wrong the two most glaring of which are that yes the golden boy of liberal democracy in Russia, Yeltsin, had infact ordered tanks to shell the Russian pariliament in 1993 after his "democracy" didn't go his way, killing many members of parliament in the process.

Secondly, Lenin himself wanted to be buried next to his mistress, not his mother as the article claims.

Lenin was a great man, ideologist and politician, he cunningly exploited the apathetic czar Nicholas in order to seize control and begin to turn Russia from an agrarian state into an industrial power. His works are still one of the most scathing critiques of capitalism ever written, which are still applicable today.

Now that my personal convictions about the man are out of the way... In Russian culture there is a strong respect for the dead, all the dead must be eventually committed to the ground in order to put their soul to rest. I believe that Lenin (if that is still him, not a wax dummy or a modern day Argo dilemma) should be buried on the grounds of the Kremlin alongside the other Sovied leaders. The grounds of the Red Square themselves are sacred, his mausoleum should be flattened and a plaque explaining who Lenin was, and what stood on this site should be left at that place, that is all.

What I think will happen, Putin would leave it just as it is, doing away without would be against his ideology and would make him very unpopular.

10-05-2005, 10:11 PM	#21 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	All the vitriol against Lenin... why I could say the same thing about Reagan, but I digress... Anyway that article has several points wrong the two most glaring of which are that yes the golden boy of liberal democracy in Russia, Yeltsin, had infact ordered tanks to shell the Russian pariliament in 1993 after his "democracy" didn't go his way, killing many members of parliament in the process. Secondly, Lenin himself wanted to be buried next to his mistress, not his mother as the article claims. Lenin was a great man, ideologist and politician, he cunningly exploited the apathetic czar Nicholas in order to seize control and begin to turn Russia from an agrarian state into an industrial power. His works are still one of the most scathing critiques of capitalism ever written, which are still applicable today. Now that my personal convictions about the man are out of the way... In Russian culture there is a strong respect for the dead, all the dead must be eventually committed to the ground in order to put their soul to rest. I believe that Lenin (if that is still him, not a wax dummy or a modern day Argo dilemma) should be buried on the grounds of the Kremlin alongside the other Sovied leaders. The grounds of the Red Square themselves are sacred, his mausoleum should be flattened and a plaque explaining who Lenin was, and what stood on this site should be left at that place, that is all. What I think will happen, Putin would leave it just as it is, doing away without would be against his ideology and would make him very unpopular. __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...