Lenin monument, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Lenin’s traditional poses include defiantly stretching out his hand and pointing to a communist utopia, or just standing and reflecting, often holding a cap or a rolled up document. There are several popular designs which have been repeated all over the country, normally in smaller cities or for factories or administrative buildings in larger cities; main statues in major cities tend to have a unique design.
In this article we talk about some of the traditional Lenin monuments and have also selected some of our favourite Lenins from the thousands still standing in cities all over Russia. We haven’t included the country’s main Lenin monument – Lenin himself; his body still lays embalmed in a mausoleum on Red Square.
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