Login
Lost Password?
No account yet? Register

Welcome

Taphophilia (dot) Com...
A repository of morbid curiosities:
Thanatology and Taphophile Issues, Cemetery,
Funeral Industry and Death Related News.

What's at Taph?

Taphophilia Home
Thanatology Forums
Taphophile Weblinks
Taph's Article Archive
Contact Deadgirl
Donating to Taphophilia
Book Library

Deadgirl Recommends

Advertisement

Dig Deeper

Literature
Topics at Taphophilia
Deadgirl's Dictionary
Cemetery Photography
Industry News
Carved in Stone

A Taphophilia Thank You...

Taphophilia (dot) Com would not be possible without the knowledge, experience and talent of DarkestWeb. From
its conception and early development, DarkestWeb
was faced with many challenges; from inspiring and motivating, to providing guidance and direction. The continued dedication and support has produced results greater than ever expected, and for this, I owe a huge debt of gratitude.

Cemetery Snapshot

100_3213.jpg.jpg

Announcements

Graveyards of Chicago:
The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries
By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski. Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Green-Wood Cemetery Arcadia Publishing announces the release of Alexandra Mosca's historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery and to browse other available titles!


Men of Mortuaries Calendar
To purchase your 2008 calendar, learn more about the KAMMCARES Foundation, or to be featured in the 2009 calendar, please visit Men of Mortuaries.

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers
For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints, Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture
with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman is now
available. Please visit
Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.
Lenin faces grave situation PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Saturday, 01 October 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Associated Press

Moscow — A senior aide to President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the time has come to bury the embalmed body of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin — a statement that could be the Kremlin's attempt to gauge public reaction to the divisive issue. Georgy Mr. Poltavchenko, Mr. Putin's envoy to the Central Federal District, said Lenin's body should be removed from its granite tomb on Red Square and buried in a cemetery along with remains of other Bolshevik dignitaries.

Mr. Poltavchenko said he was voicing his private opinion on the matter and did not elaborate. Mr. Putin has said in the past he was against burying Lenin's body.

“Our country has been shaken by strife, but only few were held accountable for that in their lifetime,” Mr. Poltavchenko said at a news conference, according to the Interfax news agency. “I don't think it's fair that those who initiated that strife remain in the centre of our state near the Kremlin.”

Lenin died in 1924 at the age of 53 after a series of strokes, having said he wanted to be buried in St. Petersburg.

About 400 Bolshevik leaders and other dignitaries also were buried along the Kremlin wall during Soviet times. Some of their relatives have strongly opposed plans to bury the remains elsewhere.

Former President Boris Yeltsin strongly pushed for removing Lenin's body, but he was stopped by vigorous opposition from the Communist Party and others. Mr. Putin said in 2001 he opposed removing Lenin's body from its Red Square tomb so as not to disturb civil peace in the country.

“Many people connect their own lives with the name of Lenin,” Mr. Putin said at the time. “Burying Lenin would mean ... that they had lived in vain.”

At Mr. Putin's initiative, Russia resurrected the music of the old Soviet anthem, albeit with new words, and brought back the Soviet-era red banner as the military's flag. Mr. Putin has shrugged off criticism from liberals, saying the use of the symbols will help overcome deep divisions in society by paying tribute to the achievements of the Soviet past that older people cherish.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050928.wleninn0928/BNStory/International/
 
< Prev   Next >
[ Back ]

Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

Taphophiles Speak

Have you decided on eternal repose?
 

Quote Repository

“The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace.”

Andrew Marvell

Deadgirl's Favorites

  • Elmwood Cemetery

  • Coffin Books

  • Farber Collection
  • Pushin Daisies
  • Coffin Talk Forums

  • Lewiston,ID Projects

  • Eternal Touch Studios

  • Adipocere
  • Adimundo Forums
  • Find A Death
  • Guardians of the Soul
  • Coffin Gems
  • Stories In Stone
  • Grave Matter
  • AGS Online

    • Recently Exhumed

  • Beheading videos fascinate public
  • Tomb facts/Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • Death videos big sellers
  • Presidential Funerals
  • Lamont Bentley, 31
  • Webshot Photo Album -- Manila Chinese Cemetery
  • Ashes to assets, dust to diamonds
  • INSIDES OUT: Cadaver exhibit to make U.S. debut
  • Haunted Inns: Rumors of ghosts float at Southern spots
  • Death Equals Science at Body Farm
  • Hanging is widely used worldwide for execution
  • Michael Louden, 40

    • Shirtless and Sculpted

    The Men of Mortuaries 2008 Calendar is now available! All sale proceeds benefit KAMMCARES, a breast cancer foundation.

    Image