The embalmed body of famous revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin has not received a new suit because of the economic crisis that hit this year.
The body of Lenin, on free display in the mausoleum on , needs to be changed into new clothes every three years, Trud daily newspaper writes on Tuesday, one day ahead of Lenin’s birthday.
Once a year, the mummy is taken for a two-month maintenance. It is cleaned, bathed in preserving herbal essences and its clothes are washed and carefully ironed. With the unique embalming technology, specialists say, the body can be preserved for at least 100 years longer.
However every three years Lenin’s clothes need to be changed. Normally the suit is tailored from lustrine, an expensive silk that Lenin liked to wear while he was still alive. But this year the fund that sponsors Lenin’s wardrobe is out of money, Trud writes.
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