Bal'zamirovaniye Lenina (Embalming Lenin)

In this episode, a funeral scientist recounts the embalming of Communist dictator Vladimir Lenin. This is a longer episode, so the listener questions and the good thing that's happening are omitted. 

Links: 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/09/lenin-lab-team-keeping-first-soviet-leader-embalmed-moscow

https://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Embalmers-Ilya-Zbarsky/dp/1860465153

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