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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Moscow Metro – Ulitsa 1905 Goda – Line 7

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 01

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 01

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Moscow Metro – Ulitsa 1905 Goda – Line 7

Ulitsa 1905 Goda (Russian: Улица 1905 года) is a Moscow Metro station in the Presnensky District and is on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, between Begovaya and Barrikadnaya stations. The station was opened on 30 December 1972, as part of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius.

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 02

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 02

It is named after the nearby street, which in turn is named to commemorate the Revolution of 1905.

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 03

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 03

The station is considered to be the first in Moscow of the modified column tri-span ‘Sorokonozhka’ design which signified that the era where functionality dominated metro architecture had ceased. The number of pillars was lowered from 40 to 26, and the interpillar distance increased from 4 to 6.5 metres. The architect, Robert Pogrebnoi, applied a decoration of pink marble to the pillars of varying shades. The walls were also decorated with marble instead of ceramic tiles for the first time. The grey marble shade is punctuated with metallic artworks showing the numbers 1905 and torches (works of Yury Korolev). Grey granite covers the floor.

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 04

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 04

The western vestibule is underground with an exit to Year 1905 street, whilst the eastern vestibule is a surface rotunda building (very unusual for a shallow station) and is situated in the middle of Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava square. It is decorated inside with mosaics of the events of 1905.

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 05

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 05

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Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 06

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 06

Just in front of the main entrance to the metro station at Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava square is a large statue commemorating the struggle of the workers against Tsarism during the 1905-07 Revolution – Monument to the Heroes of the Revolution of 1905-1907.

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 07

Ulitsa 1905 Goda – 07

Location;

Year 1905 street/Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava square

GPS;

55.7650°N

37.5613°E

Depth;

11 metres (36 ft)

Opened;

30 December 1972

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Moscow Metro – Kuznetsky Most – Line 7

Kuznetsky Most - 01

Kuznetsky Most – 01

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Moscow Metro – Kuznetsky Most – Line 7

Kuznetsky Most (Russian: Кузне́цкий мост) is a Moscow Metro station in the Meshchansky District and is on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Designed by Nina Aleshin and N. Samoylova the station was the first column type to be built since the 1950s. It was opened in 1975 as part of the linking segment between the Zhdanovskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Decoratively the station is a column tri-vault. The columns are faced with ‘gazgan’ marble archways (reminding one of a viaduct). The floor is covered with polarised black granite. The snow-white marble of the walls is decorated with decorative artworks created by M. Alekseyev. The vestibule of the station is located in the courtyard of Rozhdestvenka Street, 6.

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Kuznetsky Most - 02

Kuznetsky Most – 02

Kuznetsky Most - 03

Kuznetsky Most – 03

Kuznetsky Most - 04

Kuznetsky Most – 04

Kuznetsky Most - 05

Kuznetsky Most – 05

Kuznetsky Most - 06

Kuznetsky Most – 06

Kuznetsky Most - 07

Kuznetsky Most – 07

Location;

Rozhdestvenka Street

GPS;

55.7606°N

37.6259°E

Depth;

39.5 metres (130 ft)

Opened;

17 December 1975

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