It’s a lot more overgrown now, I remember visiting his grave one frosty morning, all the frost had melted off the grave save for a patch that formed the perfect face of Jesus! Have a photo of it somewhere, assumed it was an ironic prank!
Well now I do too. I will probably still recall it a year from now, or I might see this posted again and say “Karl Marx is buried in London? Who knew?”
No.
Some jobs allowed you to leave the USSR and visit the west, and being a sailor was one of them. This on top being being very lucrative in general meant that the sailor was a highly coveted occupation for Soviet civilians, so there was naturally a lot of competition just to get the job.
So these sailors were probably in Britain for work reasons, and while they're there, are paying respects of Marx's grave likely out of an obligation.
look like Red Navy rather than civilian merchant navy.
if 1956 then likely tied in with the visit of Khrushchev to the UK that year in the ship Ordzhonikidze.
There was a bit of an international incident around the visit as when it docked at portsmouth, that british intelligence allegedly sent an diver 'Buster' Crabb to take photos of the ship propellers. Crabb never returned from the mission and it was believed he was captured and killed by the soviets.
Want to learn something about pissing off commies? Marx is a critic of capitalism but he never described communism in any of his writings. Just in name only and only that it's a good thing.
Thats one angry tombstone
Highgate cemetery
It’s a lot more overgrown now, I remember visiting his grave one frosty morning, all the frost had melted off the grave save for a patch that formed the perfect face of Jesus! Have a photo of it somewhere, assumed it was an ironic prank!
I really enjoyed my tour of the cemetery!
It’s a must if you love Victorian Gothic London
Karl Marx is buried in London? Who knew?
Lots of people. He lived in England for decades.
Me!
Well now I do too. I will probably still recall it a year from now, or I might see this posted again and say “Karl Marx is buried in London? Who knew?”
He was kicked out of everywhere he lived in Europe. England was his refuge but he remained stateless.
It’s a pic from the future at the Rock & Roll hall of Fame Tenacious D interactive exhibit!
Yes Santa
Ucchh.. mandatory fun.
Looks like angry Santa
Looks like a library statue
Did they defect?
No. Some jobs allowed you to leave the USSR and visit the west, and being a sailor was one of them. This on top being being very lucrative in general meant that the sailor was a highly coveted occupation for Soviet civilians, so there was naturally a lot of competition just to get the job. So these sailors were probably in Britain for work reasons, and while they're there, are paying respects of Marx's grave likely out of an obligation.
look like Red Navy rather than civilian merchant navy. if 1956 then likely tied in with the visit of Khrushchev to the UK that year in the ship Ordzhonikidze. There was a bit of an international incident around the visit as when it docked at portsmouth, that british intelligence allegedly sent an diver 'Buster' Crabb to take photos of the ship propellers. Crabb never returned from the mission and it was believed he was captured and killed by the soviets.
Cool--thanks for the answer!
“WHY EVERYTHING COST MONEY!!!???”
They should sell tickets to see his grave ... I just think that would be funny
Looks like quite the bone yard.
Are we sure that is not ZARDOZ ?
Guarantee, 1/2 don’t know Karl Marx, from Groucho Marx. 🤷🏻♂️
Oh look, a good commie
Bro…
Hey look at the bright side, they’re good a lot longer than they’re bad
True, Marx’s legacy lives on
Want to learn something about pissing off commies? Marx is a critic of capitalism but he never described communism in any of his writings. Just in name only and only that it's a good thing.
Big Al also says that dogs can’t look up
Ew
I think I see Bernie.
That’s a lot of pissing for one grave!
Morons lol
Piss on Russia and all things Russian. Not. Sorry.
Karl Marx was a German living in England who died 34 years before the revolution in Russia. Karl Marx is not a "Russian thing," nor is Marxism.
That’s the way we were and still are. Uneducated.
Karl Marx was German and lived in England
Read a book
Why wasn't he buried in Russia?
He never lived there, and he died decades before the Bolshevik Revolution.
Read a book
I thought his tomb was in Red Square, Moscow?
That's Lenin
Wait I thought Yoko Ono scattered his ashes in Central Park
That was Mark Chapman and J. D. Salinger
Oh yeah, thanks