Over 70 percent Russians support idea of burying Lenin

Russia's ruling party's online poll on the burial of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin has sparked a fresh debate on the future of the embalmed body of the Bolshevik leader.

The poll of the 'goodbyelenin.ru' website of the United Russia party has only one question "Do you back the idea of burying the body of Vladimir Lenin?" The question requires a "Yes" or "No" as answer, RIA Novosti reported.

So far over 70 thousand people have expressed their opinion on the website, with 69.59 percent supporting the idea of burying Lenin and 30.41percent rejecting the idea.