 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mazuva maviri pashure porufu rwaJoseph Stalin Politburo yakaraira kuisa zvisaririra zvake kuratidzwa muMausoleum; yakavhurwazve nenzira yapamutemo muna November 1953 naLenin naStalin vari pamwe chete. Chimwe chirongwa chakatemerwa muna March 1953, kuvakwa kwePantheon uko mitumbi yaLenin naStalin yaizopedzisira yaendeswa, haina kuzomboitwa. Makore masere gare gare, kubviswa kwomuviri waStalin muMausoleum kwakagamuchirwa nomufaro neCongress yechi22 yeCommunist Party. Musi wa31 October 1961, Mausoleum yakakurumidza kuvharwa neplywood. Red Square pachayo yaigara yakavharwa mukugadzirira kufora kwaNovember 7. Zvitunha zvaStalin zvakakurumidza kuvigwazve muguva rakadzika, rakafukidzwa nemabhuroko ekongiri, kuseri kweMausoleum; mhemberero yacho yaingopindwa nekomisheni yenyika inotungamirwa naNikolay Shvernik. Harold Skilling, uyo akapinda Mausoleum muna November wegore rimwe chetero, akataura kuti munhu ari wose akanga achida zvikuru kuona guva idzva raStalin... Kusiyana nemamwe, guva rake rakanga risati ramboshongedzwa nechidhori uye rakanga richingoratidzwa nebhodhi rine zita rokuti I. V. Stalin uye mazuva okuberekwa norufu. Guva riripo raStalin rakavezwa naNikolai Tomsky rakaiswa muna June 1970. 