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Russians Asked to Vote on Whether to Bury Lenin

Posted by samzenpus on from the let's-go-to-the-phones dept.

20 years after the fall of communism the United Russia party wants to ask the Russian people if they think Vladimir Lenin should be buried. Unlike the US, where we would put the body in a house with other famous dead people, and let the TV audience vote on who gets buried, they've decided to put up a poll. From the article: "It is not clear whether the government intends to abide by the outcome of the United Russia party's poll, but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said that the fate of Lenin's body will in the end be decided by the Russian people."

12 comments

  1. Decided by Putin by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 1

    decided by the Russian people.

    Right, so if the people decide Lenin ought to be hacked up into small pieces, burned, and fed to the sharks at the Moscow aquarium, he's going along with it?

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    1. Re:Decided by Putin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes definitely they will choose to desecrate the body of a peoples hero and the idol of everything Eastern Europe stood for since the fall of the Czar. Are you insane? These are the same people that are bringing back Stalin in popularity ratings, and that guy killed hundreds of thousands.

    2. Re:Decided by Putin by icebike · · Score: 1

      What did they use to keep that body viewable after this long?

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    3. Re:Decided by Putin by eugene2k · · Score: 1

      First thing you have to realize is that people will not make a decision to do that. For one because such things have never been committed even by revolutionists. Kings were beheaded, yes, but that's basically execution. Secondly Putin is part of the Russian people, and what you do here is pit him against the people by making up imaginary circumstances that actually allow you to prove a point but in no way are realistic. So if you can be unrealistic, in assuming that the people of Russia may want to do what you described, then I guess I can be just as unrealistic by unswering your question: yes, he is absolutely going along with it.

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    4. Re:Decided by Putin by eugene2k · · Score: 1

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin's_Mausoleum#Preserving_the_body

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    5. Re:Decided by Putin by sznupi · · Score: 1

      That would probably run counter to some existing Russian laws against desecration of human remains...

      But burial - sure, why not?

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    6. Re:Decided by Putin by sznupi · · Score: 1

      It's a miracle!!!

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    7. Re:Decided by Putin by lxs · · Score: 1

      Stalin killed millions.

      Let's give him full credit. He was a world class asshole.

    8. Re:Decided by Putin by sznupi · · Score: 1

      Indeed he was. However, ironically enough, life expectancy in the area in question increased markedly during his reign... despite all the victims. Generally, bringing a very backwards country up to the status of a superpower.

      Even better: sure, heavy censorship. But at the same time - first largely literate generation.

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    9. Re:Decided by Putin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hitler and Mao weren't all bad either.

  2. That reminds me of a commercial... by Dieppe · · Score: 1

    By Lenin!

  3. That reminds me of a movie, instead... by zooblethorpe · · Score: 1

    Goodbye, Lenin!

    Worth watching.

    Cheers,

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