People walk past a snow-covered bronze monument depicting Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin and created by Soviet sculptor Matvey Kharlamov in a park of a museum complex in Razliv, outside Saint Petersburg, on January 21, 2024. On January 21 Russia marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Illitch Lenin, who was placed in the mausoleum in Moscow, despite his wish to be buried near his mother at the Volkovo cemetery in Saint Petersburg. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)
