OK, so he’s had more than his fair share of work. Still, at 145 years old, Vladimir Lenin has never looked better. Russian embalmers, who have carefully cared for the revolutionary leader’s corpse ...

Almost 94 years after his death and a quarter century after the fall of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin's mummified body continues to be displayed in a mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow. Though the ...

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For thousands of years, man has sought a way to preserve the human body, using a variety of embalming methods and mummification. But even the mummies of ancient Egypt cannot compare to the ...

Picture taken on October 28, 1991, shows the embalmed body of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin lying in the Mausoleum at the Red Square in Moscow. It's a process described as "not a pretty sight" ...