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[edit] interred
I don't want to be a pedant (well, just a bit) but technically it isn't a tomb, and Lenin isn't interred (that is, he isn't buried in terra). Its official name is the Lenin Mausoleum, so I changed one mention of it to that, but left the caption as tomb (which is what it's commonly know as in the west). Ol' V.I. might get interred properly soon enough, however, as his waxwork-like body is continually crumbling, so they keep talking about burying him in the Kremlin Wall. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:35, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)
lol, they aren't being buried inside the wall. if you meant into the wall, take few bricks away, stick lenny in, put the bricks back, then you are wrong. :/as far, as i'm considered. they have graves just outside the wall
[edit] Is Red Square really the Largest City Square in the World?
The article in Wikipedia on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_square) mentions that it's size is 100 acres, or 400,000 m². That would mean it's more than four times larger than Red Square in Moscow as mentioned in this article (695 meters long x 130 meters wide = 90,350 m²). So, why does the article say that Red Square is the largest city square in the world?
- You're right, and I've just removed the claim, which was added by an anonymous user a couple of weeks ago. It's definitely nowhere near as large as Tiananmen Square. Worldtraveller 05:13, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Something is missing
There is no mention of the large, round stone podium that sits just north and east of St. Basils Cathedral. I am surprised it is still there, it was probably in the way of some military parade at some time. Anyway, it was used to give speeches and political addresses at one time. Now you can find anyone sitting on the steps talking or smoking and drinking. Some people think that is it like a wishing well, and there are hundreds of coins inside the fence around the top. Apparently, if you land your coin on the stone that sits in the middle, you get a wish! It's a fun place to sit, you meet all sorts of interesting people. If you look at the Sattelite Image of Saint Basil's Cathedral you can see it.
- I believe you speak about Lobnoe mesto. I will start the article later today. --Ghirlandajo 07:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
