Moscow News - Local - The ghosts of Lenin abound

Moscow News - Local - The ghosts of Lenin abound: "The shiny domes of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour could have been the shiny dome of Vladimir Ilyich himself, but for an accident of geology. The riverside site was earmarked for the flagship Palace of the Soviets, to be crowned with a gargantuan 100m statue of the man himself. Artists impressions suggest a King Kong-like figure poised to swat passing aircraft from atop a beefed-up MGU. Sadly, too much water meant the soil couldn't support such an ambitious plan and the site eventually became a swimming pool instead. The cathedral, destroyed in 1936, was rebuilt in the 1990s."