Stock photography picture of The changing of the guard ceremony at Lenin s tomb at the Kremlin in Red Square Moscow USSR in February 1988

AP0827 - Licenced Caption The changing of the guard ceremony at Lenin s tomb at the Kremlin in Red Square Moscow USSR in February 1988 Description This ceremony survived the USSR by almost two years On 6 October 1993 Post 1 the honor guard that had maintained a 24 hour vigil over Lenin since his death was abolished. Plans to bury Lenin have surfaced from time to time but the body is still cared for and the mausoleum normally open to visitors. Lenin has lain in Red Square since his death in 1924. E 00001 01 Keywords Europe, Moscow, Russia, USSR, Soviet, Union, former, Red, Square, Lenin, tomb, Kremlin, ceremony, military, goose, step, winter, cold, communist, communism, Vladimir, Ilyich, European, Russian, history, historical, Kremlin, 1924, horizontal, solider, soldiers, Post, number, 1, winter, February, 1998, ex-USSR, body, mausoleum