Muscovites visited Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum on Sunday to lay flowers at the tomb of the Russian Bolshevik leader amid celebrations of his birthday – 22 April. Communist Party representatives and others carried red flags, flowers and posters to the mausoleum. Sociologists note that the number of people in favor of relocating Lenin's body has increased by 10 percent within the past six years. More than half of all Russians believe that Lenin's body should be removed from the Moscow mausoleum and buried, a poll published on the eve of his 142nd birthday revealed. According to the Public Opinion Fund (FOM), 56 percent of Russians believe the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution leader should be reburied, 28 per cent want his body to remain in the mausoleum on Red Square, while 16 percent had difficulty choosing between the two options.
