Question by Eagle 532: Where can I find an obituary about Vladimir Lenin from the time of his death?
I’m looking for a copy of an obituary for Lenin (preferably from a Russian newspaper). I’ve already tried Google. Thanks.
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Answer by bookish
You should go to your local library. The librarian will be able to direct you to books (like Contemporary Biographies, for example) or online resources (like WilsonWeb biographies). They may have the historical New York Times database that would also have it. These databases cannot be found through Google. They are expensive subscription resources that most libraries have.
These most likely will be in English, though, but you will get obituaries written at the time.
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Slava T says
1) The first pic from this Russian site is a photocopy of the Governmental address to the Soviet people on Lenin's death dated from January 22, 1924. The other photos are about what happened to the Lenin's Mausoleum through its history http://www.aha.ru/~mausoleu/m-histor.htm
2) Readable zoomed-in version of the Governmental address on Lenin's death http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D…
3) Article (in Russian) on the development of the Soviet political obituary http://www.intelros.ru/readroom/nz/nz_64/3862-bio…
Mr. X says
I think you would be able to find one in Russia or Eastern Europe. On the day of his death, a single edition newspaper simply entitled, "LENIN" was released in the Soviet Union. I'm sure that copies of it are still around. I would also recommend looking around for Contemporary newspapers from around the time of his death. A European newspaper would have made not of it. I'm not sure whether or not an American one would, though.