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Residents crossing Red Square route their morning walks around ceremonial closures and perimeter security checks that seal the Kremlin wall during state events.
Alexey Shchusev designed the permanent stone monument using red granite, porphyry, black labradorite, and grey marble, replacing an earlier temporary timber vault. The stepped exterior borrows architectural motifs from ancient structures, echoing the Step Pyramid and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great. Above the portal, an elevated stone tribune functioned as the official viewing platform for state leaders reviewing military parades.
Pathologist Alexei Abrikosov handled the initial preservation before Boris Zbarsky and Vladimir Vorobiev took over ongoing biological maintenance of the remains. Discovery of mold on the casing prompted the transition to sealed stone construction, while wartime threats to the capital forced an emergency evacuation of the body to Tyumen in Siberia. The biological laboratory maintained continuous care throughout the return.
Joseph Stalin was interred alongside Lenin inside the vault before political reassessment led to his transfer to the adjacent Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Sculptor Nikolai Tomsky later designed a replacement sarcophagus for the primary crypt, succeeding the initial version by Konstantin Melnikov. Ceremonial sentries maintained a constant guard of honour at the portal until the post was disbanded following the constitutional crisis.
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