Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin
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Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin
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On Monday, 21 January 1924, at 18:50 EET, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution and the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union, died in Gorki aged 53 after falling into a coma. The official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels. Lenin was given a state funeral and then buried in a specially erected mausoleum on 27 January. A commission of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) was in charge of organising the funeral.
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1924 death and funeral of the Soviet Union's first leader
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Vladimir_Lenin
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2018-10-10T04:26:53Z
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2024-09-04T05:04:36Z
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