The crowd, led by Communist Party chief Gennadii Zyuganov, streamed across Red Square to pay tribute to the Bolshevik
leader, whose embalmed body is still kept on display in a mausoleum just outside the Kremlin.
The 7th of November will be an official working day this year for the first time in decades. President Vladimir Putin signed a law late last year canceling the holiday that used to commemorate the 1917 revolution.
It has been replaced by a new national holiday, People's Unity Day, on 4 November.
(AP)
leader, whose embalmed body is still kept on display in a mausoleum just outside the Kremlin.
The 7th of November will be an official working day this year for the first time in decades. President Vladimir Putin signed a law late last year canceling the holiday that used to commemorate the 1917 revolution.
It has been replaced by a new national holiday, People's Unity Day, on 4 November.
(AP)