Russia's Modern Mummies
Russia's Modern Mummies
Two thousand years after the last Egyptian mummies were crafted, ancient practice was revived in Russia and a ‘modern mummy’ was created in 1924. Russia’s Modern Mummies reveals how Russia’s greatest communist leader, Vladmir Lenin was mummified. The preserved corpse of Vladmir Lenin was the result of a seventy year long experiment conducted secretly in a Moscow laboratory – his body still rests in Red Square today. We unlock the scientific secrets of modern mummification and outline the legacy and personal history of the Bolshevik leader who liberated Russia from the age of Tsarist oppression.
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Two thousand years after the last Egyptian mummies were crafted, ancient practice was revived in Russia and a ‘modern mummy’ was created in 1924. Russia’s Modern Mummies reveals how Russia’s greatest communist leader, Vladmir Lenin was mummified. The preserved corpse of Vladmir Lenin was the result of a seventy year long experiment conducted secretly in a Moscow laboratory – his body still rests in Red Square today. We unlock the scientific secrets of modern mummification and outline the legacy and personal history of the Bolshevik leader who liberated Russia from the age of Tsarist oppression.