Opened in 1924, the museum has over 12,500 exhibits of Lenin memorabilia and works of art dedicated to him. Exhibits include Lenin's personal belongings, documentary photographs and presents that he received from the people during the course of his life. The museum is actually located on Revolution Square, just off Red Square, and follows his life from birth to his initial revolutionary activities leading to him becoming the founder of the Soviet State, through to his death in 1924.

Located along the Kremlin Wall, this gravesite has the urns of ashes of six unidentified soldiers from six cities who died in the Second World War. An eternal flame burns as a reminder of all those who perished during this war.

Just behind Lenin's Mausoleum, the walls of the Kremlin are 19 metres high and six-and-a-half metres thick and are the resting place for the Bolsheviks who died during the battle for Moscow in 1917. Also retained in the walls are the ashes of Maxim Gorky and Yuriy Gagarin, the first man in space.