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Lenin Mausoleum, a stepped red and black stone structure, stands in front of the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow, with people gathered near the entrance and small trees nearby.
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Alexey Shchusev

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Lenin Mausoleum, a stepped red and black stone structure, stands in front of the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow, with people gathered near the entrance and small trees nearby.
Lenin Mausoleum The Lenin Mausoleum located near the Kremlin wall in Moscow's Red Square.

Alexey Shchusev was a prominent Russian architect, best known for designing the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square. He was commissioned to create this tomb for Vladimir Lenin, which was completed in 1930. Shchusev initially built temporary wooden structures before constructing the final stone mausoleum. His design, which experimented with Constructivism while drawing inspiration from ancient monuments, features a ziggurat-like form and is clad in polished marble, labradorite, porphyry, and granite, creating a distinctive red and black pattern. Shchusev's work on the mausoleum earned him the Stalin Prize and the Order of Lenin.12

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