The controversy surrounding the body of Ilyich has not subsided since his death. 95 years old. Krupskaya also opposed the embalming of her husband. However, the remains of the leader no longer belonged to her. The mummy was made a symbol of the revolution and the "property" of the entire Soviet people.
1. Lenin and the holy relics
Many advocate the removal of the body, calling the mausoleum savagery and blasphemy. At the same time, the question of removing the relics from the temples does not arise. Meanwhile, Christianity not only uses them as an object of worship, but also "multiplies" them. Fingers, collarbones, skulls, coccyx and other pieces of homo sapiens are carried around the temples.
False relics of A. Svirsky.
Believers often travel thousands of kilometers to venerate fakes. So in various European monasteries and churches, 11 index fingers of John the Baptist were kept. And 7 of his heads! We have the head of John Chrysostom, but the Greeks also have it. In every Orthodox church, according to an unspoken rule, there MUST be relics. Let the size of a nail, but should. And there are at least 38 thousand churches in Russia. It is unlikely that the saints were warned that after their repose, they would be sawn up and scattered fragments on the caskets. Lenin was not hinted either.
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2. Superman in India
When talk about taking Lenin out of the mausoleum flared up, the first to revolt were the Indian communists, who call Ilyich Mahatma. This can be translated as a divine person, a messenger of the Cosmos, a great teacher. In the 20th century, only two comrades were recognized as mahatmas: Gandhi and Lenin. Along with Krishna.
3. The devil in the USA
The Americans, British and French considered Lenin to be the devil. Despite all the money that their banks poured into Kolchak and the White Army, the Bolsheviks won the civil war. When Lenin himself, who knew 11 foreign languages, was negotiating with the American financier Frank Vanderlip, the latter said with a sigh, “I will have to disappoint my own. Tell them that you don't have goddamn horns."
4. To carry out or not?
As already mentioned, Lenin was not the master of his remains. They were disposed of for ideological purposes. But, knowing the facts of his biography, one can say unequivocally that Ilyich would have been enraged by what had happened. One day, he lost his temper when he read the newspapers that praised him:
My opinion is that Lenin should be buried. But do the same with all the relics of the saints. To believe, you do not need any icons, or bodies and their parts.
What do you think?
