VI Lenin Exhibition at the State History Museum – Moscow

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VI Lenin Exhibition at the State History Museum, Moscow

At the moment there’s a special exhibition attached to State History Museum, one which documents some of the life and work of VI Lenin. Although there’s only a fraction on display here of what used to be on show in the now closed Central Lenin Museum (which used to be housed in what is now the War of 1812 Museum) this exhibition is still worth the visit. Unfortunately, you have to pay the high admission price to enter the State Historical Museum – which, after the pre-historic exhibits is basically a glorification of Tsarism – to get to this exhibition, which is located on the third floor.

To get a better idea of what the Russian State did hold about Comrade Lenin have a look at the book, The Central Lenin Museum, produced in 1986.

What to look out for – amongst other things:

  • a porthole and sailor’s tally from the Cruiser Aurora;
  • the cap that (the clean shaven) Lenin wore when he was on an island in Finland before his return to Petrograd to lead the October Revolution;
  • the original poster of ‘Comrade Lenin cleanses the world of evil spirits’;
  • Lenin’s Rolls Royce – on the ground floor right where tickets are checked and possible to miss;
  • the painting of the Central Committee meeting which made the decision to go for everything and to make a Proletarian Revolution and not just a bourgeois change of guard – with a disinterested Trotsky skulking on the extreme right hand side;
  • the painting of the assassination attempt on Lenin’s life on 30th August 1918;
  • the gun that was used in the assassination attempt;
  • the light bulb whose filament is a profile of Lenin’s head;
  • Lenin’s death mask;
  • early Lenin badges;
  • early Soviet coinage and bank notes;
  • the first symbol of the Soviet Union – a hammer and a plough – before the adoption of the Hammer and Sickle;
  • the felt hat used by the first Red Army soldiers.

Duration of the Exhibition;

The Exhibition will be in the Historical Museum until 18 August 2025. It is located on the 3rd Floor, separate from the general displays and entrance is by way of the same ticket that gets you into the general museum.

Location;

Revolution Square

GPS;

55.75546 N

37.61771 E

How to get there;

Right in the historic centre of Moscow, at the opposite end of Red Square to the St Basil’s Cathedral, right behind the equestrian statue of Marshal Zhukov.

Cost;

2000 roubles

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Ploshchad Vosstaniya (Russian: Плóщадь Восстáния, lit. ‘Uprising Square’) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system’s original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. It is a deep underground pylon station at 58 metres (190ft) depth. The main surface vestibule is situated on Vosstaniya Square, which gives its name to the station. Another exit (opened in 1960) opens directly into the Moskovsky Rail Terminal. Ploshchad Vosstaniya is connected to the station Mayakovskaya of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line via a transfer corridor and a set of escalators.

Text from Wikipedia.

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Ploschad Vosstaniya – 03

This is one of the metro stations where you can still see an image of Uncle Joe amongst the people who are depicted on the four roundels celebrating the October Revolution of 1917, the events leading up to it and what happened once the workers, peasants and soldiers had taken power.

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Ploschad Vosstaniya – 02

Location:

Tsentralny District

GPS:

59.9316°N

30.3605°E

Depth:

58m (190ft)

Opened:

November 15, 1955

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Baltiyskaya (Russian: Балти́йская) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, located between Narvskaya and Tekhnologichesky Institut.

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Baltiyskaya – 02

Baltiyskaya is an underground bore-tunnel tri-span station with one exit and middle tunnel of full length. It is situated 57 metres (187ft) under surface level. The exit feeds into Baltiysky Rail Terminal building. A second exit, which will lead from the opposite side of the underground platform, is also planned. For the decoration of the station Ural marble was used, representing the silver colour of the sea. Baltiyskaya station was opened on 15 November 1955 as the first part of Saint Petersburg’s metro system. The project name for the station had been Baltiyskiy Vokzal.

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At one end of the station platform there’s a large mosaic commemorating the October Revolution of 1917, with an image of the cruiser Aurora in the background.

Location:

Admiralteysky District

GPS:

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30°17′58.26″E

Depth:

57m (187ft)

Opened:

November 15, 1955

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