Sarah Brumble

Communist Mummies

File photo of the body of Vladimir Lenin in MoscowVladimir Ilych Lenin
Moscow, Russia
hobodyHo Chi Minh
Hanoi, Vietnam
Mao mummyChairman Mao Zedong
Beijing, China
kimilsung1Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, North Korea
stalinStalin
Moscow, Russia
eva-peron-1Eva Peron
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  1. shinichi Post author

    Atlas Obscura’s Guide to Communist Mummies

    http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/atlas-obscura-s-guide-to-communist-mummies

    “It is easy to be a saint if you have no wish to be human.” – Karl Marx

    While these dictators and despots held unquestioned power in their lifetimes, they wielded no such control in death. Despite requesting to be buried or cremated, their comrades had other plans and they were turned into mummified waxy icons – each a human-corpse embodiment of the country they once ruled.

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