Description: EARLY VERSION OF LENIN'S TOMB/MAUSOLEUM MOSCOW, RUSSIA ORIGINAL circa 1925 SCARCE POSTCARD PUBLISHED BY MEZHRABPOM Postcard depicts an early, wooden version of Lenin's Tomb. After Lenin's death in January 21, 1924, the architect Alexey Shchusev (1873-1979) was commissioned to build a temporary funeral home at the Red Square by the Moscow Kremlin Wall, suitable for the visitation. This, the first version of the tomb, stood only for a very short time, until a more elaborate building was designed, which could visually illustrate the slogan "Lenin is dead but his cause is alive"- as how Shchusev, the architect himself put it. By autumn 1924, a new, much larger wooden building, a real monument, after Shchusev's plan was erected at the same place. This structure had a visual reference to the ancient sacred architecture, the Egyptian and Maya pyramids or the Ziggurat of Ur, combined with modern, constructivist elements. Because of the use of a less persistent material, the wooden tomb eroded rapidly, and within some five years its structure - with small alterations - was redone in ferroconcrete, covered with porphyry, granite, and labradorite, and the well-known building, Lenin's Mausoleum, which is still standing at the Red Square in Moscow, was born.The International Workers' Aid (IWA) (German: Internationale Arbeiter-Hilfe, IAH; Russian: Международная рабочая помощь, Mezhrabpom) is an international economic organization. It functions both as an economic union between socialist states, under the leadership of Germany and the Soviet Russia, as well as an international aid organization. It is also known for producing postcards and films under the studios Mezhrabpomfilm and Arbeiter-Hilfe Studio.Income from postcards published by MEZHRABPOM came to Revolutionary Families Assistance Fund of Foreign countries which were intended to support striking workers, victims of unemployment etc. in European countries.
Price: 150 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-11-15T00:57:55.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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International Location: Russia
Type: Russian Postcards
Theme: Non-US Countries, Town Views
Country: Russia
Year Manufactured: 1925
