Communists lay wreath at Lenin's tomb on his death anniversary

MOSCOW: Leaders of the Russian Communist Party on Monday laid wreath at the mausoleum of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin's on the Red Square to mark the 84th death anniversary of the founder of the now defunct Soviet Union.
 
"For the contemporary communists, involved in an active and intense struggle with the power of capital, Lenin is not merely a symbol", Russian Parliament Duma's Deputy Speaker Ivan Melnikov said.
 
"He remains our ideological leader, whose ideas, works, experience and approaches in political strategy and tactics are even today very useful in our daily work," he added.
 
However, Communist Party chairman Gennady Zyuganov, who is contesting March two presidential polls, was not present at the ceremony as he is on a tour to China.
 
In Lenin's hometown Ulyanovsk on the Volga, a grand memorial has been reincarnated as the memorial of the Soviet Era, where thousands of personal documents and photos donated by people across the nation are to be exhibited.