Memento Mori in Russia

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.