Russians honor Lenin
MOS2001012101 - 21 JANUARY 2001 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Pro-Communist Moscovites carry a Soviet flag, a portrait of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, a wreath and flowers making their way to the Mausoleum of Lenin to mark the anniversary of his death at Moscow's Red Square on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001, with the Historical Museum in the background. Lenin, who led the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and founded the Soviet Union, died of a massive stroke in 1924 at the age of 53. .rw/mm/Maxim Marmur UPI
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