Greetings from Moscow, Russia, where Lenin's tomb attracts a new surge of visitors
In Soviet days, thousands lined up from all over the USSR to pay homage to Vladimir Lenin, but that reverence gave way to indifference as the Soviet Union unraveled in the early 1990s.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a harsh agreement that forced the crumbling Russian Empire to withdraw from WWI, fundamentally changing the political landscape of Eastern Europe.