This Day in History: The Head of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924, Vladimir Lenin died on this day in 1924. He was not a good man, and he gave Russia a terrible system of governance (Socialism/Communism) that would end up destroying the lives of millions. But the Left does not let a horrific legacy besmirch someone's honor (think Che Guevara). In fact, Lenin was so loved, his body was never laid to rest. You can, to this day, view Lenin's preserved body in a mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square. It cost 13 million rubles a year (about 200,000 dollars) to keep his body preserved this way. Every 18 months, the body is taken to the lab beneath the viewing room for re-embalming. Although all Lenin’s organs have been removed, the team of specialists have preserved his skeleton, muscles and skin. Lenin is not the only dead world leader who's body is on display in a similar fashion. Mao Zedong, Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung and Hugo Chávez...all have been preserved, and all of them were bad people. It makes you lose hope in humanity.
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