Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum
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The Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum (Bulgarian: мавзолей на Георги Димитров) was a ceremonial tomb on Prince Alexander of Battenberg Square in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was built in 1949 to house the embalmed body of Georgi Dimitrov, the first leader of Communist Bulgaria.[1] After his death in 1950, the second communist leader of Bulgaria, Vasil Kolarov, was buried in the second niche of the east wall of the mausoleum. In 1999, following a heated public debate, it was destroyed by Ivan Kostov's UDF government.
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Мавзолей на Георги Димитров | |
42°41′45″N 23°19′34″E | |
Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Type | Memorial |
Material | Stone |
Beginning date | 2 July 1949 |
Completion date | 10 July 1949 |
Dedicated to | Georgi Dimitrov |
Dismantled date | 21–27 August 1999 |
Architectural style | Socialist realism |
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