Here we see Lenin (far left) with his friend Trotzky carrying wreaths to place on the graves of those whom the latter called "glorious martyrs of freedom."
This another page from my Hagia Sophia webite that will be of interest to anyone who is interested in the church of the Theotokos Pammakaristos.
The mysterious mosaics of the room over the vestibule. Why is no one permitted access? Have these 9th century mosaics been destroyed?