A drunkard tried to steal the embalmed body of the founder of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, in Moscow. According to Russian media reports, the man climbed over the barriers in front of the mausoleum on Red Square on Monday and tried to enter the heavily guarded building in front of the Kremlin walls. He was arrested at the entrance.
The 42-year-old was taken to a police station, where he admitted trying to steal the body of the Bolshevik leader. After he couldn’t remember why he wanted to steal Lenin, doctors were called to check the man’s health. They diagnosed him with a mental disorder due to alcoholism.
Man admitted to psychiatric hospital
According to Russian newspaper reports, the Muscovite began to get drunk on Sunday evening and then could not remember what happened next. The man, who became addicted to alcohol five years ago after separating from his wife, is forcibly committed to a psychiatric institution.
The mausoleum of the communist theorist, who died in 1924, was considered an important landmark in Soviet times and millions of people visited the monument. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were considerations to bury Lenin in a normal grave. The plans were never carried out.
Source: Krone
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