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| | Good-Bye, Lenin? - FEATURE - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Lenin was everywhere in our schoolbooks, in the songs we sung, in the films we watched, on TV, on the badges we wore, in the names of the streets and squares
We did not need a mausoleum to be aware of his ubiquitous presence. |
 | | Conversely, 31 percent saw no problem with the mausoleum and regard it as a tourist attraction, and 22 percent believe the body of Lenin deserves to be at its current location. |
 | | As for who should decide on Lenins eventual resting place, 30 percent suggest holding a nationwide referendum, 24 percent think the former Soviet leaders relatives should have the final say, and 16 percent would leave it up to Putin. |
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