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Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
. Many of the monuments in former Soviet republics and satellites were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union, while some of these countries retained the thousands of Lenin monuments that were erected during the Soviet period as part of Lenin's cult of personality. Important regions and capital cities of countries are highlighted in bold.


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Belarus

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Babruysk Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...
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Barysaw Barysaw ( be, Барысаў, ) or Borisov (russian: Борисов, ) is a city in Belarus near the Berezina River in the Minsk Region 74 km north-east from Minsk. Its population is around 145,000. History Barysaw is first mentioned in t ...
* Belaazyorsk *
Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress * Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria * Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France ** Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Br ...
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Bykhaw Bykhaw ( be, Бы́хаў, Łacinka: ''Bychaŭ'', ) or Bykhov (russian: Бы́хов, pl, Bychów, yi, italic=yes, Bihov, , lt, Bychavas) is a town in the eastern Belarusian Mogilev Region. It is located 44 km south of Mogilev (M on the D ...
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Chachersk Chachersk ( be, Чачэрск, , russian: Чечерск, pl, Czeczersk) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Chachersk District. It is located in an area which was highly contaminated due to the fallout of t ...
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Davyd-Haradok Davyd-Haradok ( be, Давыд-Гарадок, ; russian: Давид-Городок, pl, Dawidgródek) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest. It has 5991 inhabitants (2021 estimate). History Within the Grand Duchy ...
* Drahichyn *
Dzyarzhynsk Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk, formerly Koidanova or Koydanava ( be, Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, formerly , ; russian: Дзержи́нск, Dzerzhinsk, formerly , ; pl, Kojdanów; yi, קוידאַנאָוו, Koydanov; lt, Kaidanava), in t ...
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Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the o ...
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Klimavichy Klimavichy ( be, Клiмавiчы; russian: Климовичи, Klimovichi, lt, Klimavičai; Łacinka: Klimavičy) is a city in the eastern Belarusian Mogilev Region. Klimavichy is located east of Mogilev on the bank of Kalinica River and is t ...
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Kobryn Kobryn ( be, Кобрын; russian: Кобрин; pl, Kobryń; lt, Kobrynas; uk, Кобринь, Kobryn'; yi, קאָברין) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southwest ...
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Lahoysk Lahoysk ( be, Лаго́йск, Lahojsk, ; russian: link=no, Лого́йск, pl, Łohojsk) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus and the administrative center of Lahoysk District. History First chronicled in 1078, Lahoysk was the centr ...
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Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...
* Maladzyechna *
Malaryta Malaryta () or Malorita (Russian: Малори́та, pl, Małoryta) is a city in the southwest part of Brest Region, Belarus. It is the administrative centre of Malaryta District. The name of the city comes from the Ryta river. History Withi ...
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Mazyr Mazyr ( be, Мазыр, ; russian: Мозырь ''Mozyr'' , pl, Mozyrz , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at approximately . The p ...
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Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
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Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...
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Navahrudak Novogrudok ( be, Навагрудак, Navahrudak; lt, Naugardukas; pl, Nowogródek; russian: Новогрудок, Novogrudok; yi, נאַוואַראַדאָק, Novhardok, Navaradok) is a town in the Grodno Region, Belarus. In the Middle ...
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Orsha Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers. History Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...
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Pinsk Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ; Polish: Pińsk; ) is a city located in the Brest Region of Belarus, in the Polesia region, at the confluence of the Pina River and the Pripyat River. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk ...
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Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Dist ...
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Salihorsk Salihorsk ( be, Саліго́рск ; russian: Солиго́рск , Soligorsk) is a city in Belarus. In 2018 its population was 106,627. History The city is one of the country's newest settlements; its construction began in 1958. In May 1963 ...
* Slonim *
Smalyavichy Smalyavichy; russian: Смолевичи, Smoleviči; yi, סמאָלאָוויטש / Смоловіч, Smolovich; pl, italic=no, Smolewicze / Смолэвичэ; lt, italic=no, Smaliavičai / Смалявичай is a city in Minsk Region, Be ...
* Smarhon' * Syanno * Talachyn * Vasilievichy *
Verkhnyadzvinsk Vierchniadzvinsk ( be, Верхнядзві́нск, lt, Drisa, pl, Dryssa) or Verkhnedvinsk (russian: Верхнедви́нск) is a city in Belarus in the northwest of Vitebsk Region; it is the administrative center of the Verkhnyadzvinsk R ...
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Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest c ...
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Zhlobin Zhlobin ( be, Жло́бін; russian: Жло́бин, pl, Żłobin, lt, Žlobinas) is a city in the Zhlobin District of Gomel Region, Belarus, located on the Dnieper river. As of 2017, the population was 76,078. The city is notable for being ...
* Zhabinka


Bulgaria

*Shumen *Novgrad *Banya *Pet Mogili *
Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
– in Lenin Square (now St Nedelya Square), installed in 1966 and pulled down in January 1991; the site is now occupied by the Statue of Sveta Sofia


Czech Republic

* Vítězné náměstí (formerly náměstí Říjnové Revoluce) – in the
Dejvice Dejvice is a historical community, a municipal quarter of the Prague 6 district of Prague, Czech Republic. Its history can be traced back to the late Roman era. Dejvice is known for its appeal to the upper middle class, foreign diplomatic corps ...
quarter of
Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
, pulled down in 1990; a
war memorial A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war. Symbolism Historical usage It has ...
now stands on the site * Karlovy Vary – Theatre Square (formerly Lenin Square), pulled down in 1990. *
Cheb Cheb (; german: Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. Before the 1945 expulsion of the German-speaking population, the town was the centre of the German-s ...
- Built in 1979, it was located in front of Cheb railway station until 1990, it is now located at the garden of the Franciscan Monastery


Denmark

* Worker's Museum, Copenhagen – relocated from
Hørsholm Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. Hørsholm prop ...
where it stood from 1986 until 1996


Estonia

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Jõhvi Jõhvi is a town in northeastern Estonia, and the administrative centre of the Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border. ...
– 1953–1991, sculptors Enn Roos, Arseni Mölder, Signe Mölder *
Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...
– 1950–1992, copy of statue in Jõhvi *
Kallaste Kallaste is a town in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located on the western shore of Lake Peipus. Most of the population are Russians, 15% being Estonians. History Kallaste was founded in the 18th century as a village of Russ ...
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Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54 ...
– 1957–1993, sculptor Olav Männi (21/12/1993-21/12/2022 statue present inside Narva Castle) *
Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...
**1950s–1981 **1981–1990, sculptor Matti Varik created a replica of a monument built in Kotka in 1979 *
Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
– 1950–1991, sculptor
Nikolai Tomsky Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsky (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич То́мский b. , Ramushevo, Novgorod Governorate d. 22 November 1984 - Moscow) was a much-decorated Soviet sculptor, designer of many well-known ceremonial monumen ...
* Tartu **1949–1952 sitting Lenin (ferroconcrete), sculptor Sergey Merkurov **1952–1990 standing Lenin bronze, height 3.5 m, weight 3.5 tons; sculptors August Vomm, Garibald Pommer, Ferdi Sannamaes


Finland

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Kotka Kotka (; ; la, Aquilopolis) is a city in the southern part of the Kymenlaakso province on the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a major port and industrial city and also a diverse school and cultural city, which was formerly part of the old Kymi parish ...
– at Lenin park, removed on 14 June 2022 *
Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
– near the art museum, removed in 2022 *
Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
– inside Lenin museum


France

* Montpellier *
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...


Georgia

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Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
– monument stood until 1991 in Freedom Square (Tavisuplebis Moedani)


Germany

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Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
– '' Lenin Monument'', created in 1970 by
Nikolai Tomsky Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsky (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич То́мский b. , Ramushevo, Novgorod Governorate d. 22 November 1984 - Moscow) was a much-decorated Soviet sculptor, designer of many well-known ceremonial monumen ...
in
granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
, 19 m, at Leninplatz, removed in 1992 and buried outside Berlin. The statue's head was found in 2015 and restored and put on display as part of an exhibition on Berlin’s monuments in Spandau Citadel, Berlin. **One statue of Lenin (approximately 2:1) stood in Kreuzberg (West Berlin) in the yard of a removal company, before being moved to the front of the company's new main building in the district of Neukölln (also West Berlin) in September 2016. * Gelsenkirchen – A 3-metre statue revealed in 2020, The 1st to ever be erected in West Germany. * Nohra – restored stone statue at the site of the former Soviet airbase. *
Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
– Bust of Lenin, originally at a Soviet Army base, it was placed in the Volkspark for an exhibition in 1994 and was subsequently moved to one of the main entrances where it is used as a children's climbing feature. *
Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...
– Statue of Lenin, made by the Estonian sculptor Jaak Soans and inaugurated on 22 June 1985. Even nowadays this monument is still causing heated debates among politicians, citizen and historians, who, divided in supporters and detractors, continue arguing about its future. *
Wittstock Wittstock/Dosse is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in north-western Brandenburg, Germany. Geography It is located in the eastern Prignitz region on the Dosse River near the confluence with its Glinze tributary, about east of Pritzwal ...
– a neglected statue outside the derelict cultural centre at the abandoned Soviet military base. * Wünsdorf (
Zossen Zossen (; hsb, Sosny) is a German town in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, about south of Berlin, and next to the Bundesstraße 96, B96 highway. Zossen consists of several smaller municipalities, which were grouped together in 200 ...
) – two large statues and a bronze head of Lenin survive at the former Soviet army complex. * Zeithain – a 2-metre statue at the former Soviet Army training ground.


Greece

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Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
– front of the Headquarters building of the Communist Party of Greece


Hungary

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Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
– created in 1965 by Patzáy Pál, in
City Park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...
. In 1989, the huge statue was lifted off its red granite pedestal (later demolished), and carried away “for restoration”; in 1991, it was moved to
Memento Park Memento Park (Hungarian: ''Szoborpark'') is an open-air museum in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to monumental statues and sculpted plaques from People's Republic of Hungary, Hungary's Communist period (1949–1989). There are statues of Vladimir Le ...
. Timewheel now stands on the former site. * Before 1990, every county seat and industrial town had their Lenin statues. Many smaller settlements had their own, too. In 1990 or shortly afterwards, all Lenins were quickly removed.


Italy

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Cavriago Cavriago ( Reggiano: ; locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about west of Reggio Emilia. Cavriago borders the municipalities of B ...
– at Piazza Lenin (
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
for Lenin Square), near Reggio Emilia * Capri – in the Gardens of Augustus


Latvia

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Cēsis Cēsis (), (german: Wenden, liv, Venden, et, Võnnu, pl, Kieś) is a town in Latvia located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river over ...
– statue unveiled on November 7, 1959, sculptor Karlis Jansons; removed on October 17, 1990 * Riga – removed on August 25, 1991.


Lithuania

All statues were taken down in 1991 or soon after, most eventually winding up in Grutas Park. They were erected during the Soviet period and stood, among other places, in
Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
(at least two statues, one of them together with Lithuanian communist leader Kapsukas), Kaunas,
Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania ...
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Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different la ...
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Jonava Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas Interna ...
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Druskininkai Druskininkai (; pl, Druskieniki; be, Друскенiкi; yi, דרוזגעניק, translit=Druzgenik) is a spa town on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai has a population ...
, and
Jurbarkas Jurbarkas (; Samogitian: ''Jorbarks'', known also by several alternative names) is a city in Tauragė County, in Samogitia, Lithuania. Jurbarkas is located in the historic land of Karšuva. It is on the right-hand shore of the Nemunas at it ...
(the Jurbarkas Lenin is now part of an installation in Europos Parkas park in Vilnius). *
Druskininkai Druskininkai (; pl, Druskieniki; be, Друскенiкi; yi, דרוזגעניק, translit=Druzgenik) is a spa town on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai has a population ...
– 1981–1991, sculptor N. Petrulis *
Jonava Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas Interna ...
– 1984–1991, sculptor K. Bogdanas * Kaunas – 1970–1991, sculptor N. Petrulis *
Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania ...
– 1976–1991, sculptor G. Jokubonis *
Palanga Palanga (; bat-smg, Palonga; pl, Połąga; german: Polangen) is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Palanga is the busiest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long ...
– 1977–1991, sculptor
Yevgeny Vuchetich Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (–12 April 1974) (russian: Евгений Викторович Вучетич; uk, Євген Вікторович Вучетич, ''Evhen Viktorovych Vuchetych'') was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is ...
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Panevėžys Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the population ...
– 1983–1991, sculptor G. Jokubonis *
Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different la ...
– 1970–1991, sculptors A. Toleikis and D. Lukosevicius *
Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
** 1952–1991, sculptor
Nikolai Tomsky Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsky (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич То́мский b. , Ramushevo, Novgorod Governorate d. 22 November 1984 - Moscow) was a much-decorated Soviet sculptor, designer of many well-known ceremonial monumen ...
** 1979–1991, "Lenin and Kapsukas in Poronino", sculptor K. Bogdanas


Moldova

* Chișinău – at the Moldexpo site * Edineț – Inside the city park *In the centre (statue) and on the outskirts (bust, near Rompetrol gas station) of Comrat, in the autonomous region of Gagauzia *unrecognised state of Transnistria **Tiraspol – outside the Parliament, the City Soviet building and the Historical Museum **Rîbnița – main square **Bender, Moldova, Bender – opposite the Gorky Cinema & on Moskovskaya Street **Parcani, Transnistria, Parcani – on Gogol Street **Dnestrovsc – Two busts ** Various other towns and villages in Transnistria have Lenin busts and statues in their centres


Netherlands

* Enschede – in front of the TwentseWelle Museum. It was placed in the context of an exhibition about the East Germany, GDR.


Norway

* Svalbard – two Russian settlements in Svalbard have Lenin statues, Barentsburg and Pyramiden


Poland

* Warsaw – at the Party's House, used in the Palace of Culture and Science during the Congress of the Polish United Workers Party; in 2014 moved to the museum in Kozłówka * Kraków – in Nowa Huta district, the biggest in Poland, pulled down in December 1989, in 1992 moved to High Chaparral Theme Park in Sweden * Kraków – in Nowa Huta district, in the area Vladimir Lenin Steelwork (currently Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks), removed in 1990 * Kraków – with Joseph Stalin, in Strzelecki Park, removed in 1957 * Gdańsk – in Gdańsk Shipyard (ex Lenin Shipyard), hid in 1990, destroyed in 1991, in 1999 made a copy in the museum of "Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity" in Gdańsk Shipyard * Poronin – pulled down in 1990, since 1999 in the museum in Kozłówka * Poronin – set up in 2014 on private area, damaged in 2015 * Słubice – removed in 1990 * Mysłowice – in Wesoła, Mysłowice, Wesoła district, in the area Coal Mine "Lenin" (currently Coal Mine "Wesoła"), pulled down in 1990 * Legnica – ex-headquarters of the Northern Group of Forces of the Soviet Army, moved to Ulyanovsk in 1993 * Legnica – at Legnica Airport, ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1992 * Legnica – in Zosinek district, ex military unit of the Soviet Army, damaged in 1992 * Legnica – in Legnicki Dwór district, ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1992 * Borne Sulinowo – ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1992 * Borne Sulinowo – ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1992 * Brzeg – ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1992 * Brzeg – ex school in military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1991 * Stargard – in Kluczewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kluczewo district, ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed ca. 1992 * Kołobrzeg – in Podczele district, leisure centre "Bukowina", head separately, damaged after 1992, before in military unit of the Soviet Army * Oława – ex military unit of the Soviet Army, removed in 1992 * Swoboda, Kalisz County, Swoboda – set up in 1954 in front of the school, moved after 1990 to building ex school * Poznań – in club and café ''Proletaryat'', set up in 2004 * Maczków – on the balcony of a private building In 1939–1941, after the attack of the Red Army, statues of Lenin were in: Sokółka, Augustów, Kolno, Suwałki, Białystok (pulled down in June 1941), Łomża, Choroszcz (3x), Brańsk, Bielsk Podlaski, Jedwabne, Siemiatycze, Śniadowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Śniadowo, Czyżewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Czyżewo (pulled down 5 July 1941), Zaręby Kościelne, Zambrów, Przemyśl, Lubaczów, Łapy, Zabłudów etc.


Romania

* Bucharest – designed by sculptor and built in front of the House of the Free Press in April 1960, it was pulled down in March 1990


Russia

Out of 7,000 Lenin statues as of 1991, Russia retained the vast majority. As of 2022, there are approximately 6,000 monuments to Lenin in Russia. * Akhtubinsk – a monument installed in the town center, VI Lenin * Almetyevsk – a monument installed in the center of the city on Lenin Square * Arzamas – two monuments in the city, in the Cathedral Square and Peace Square * Arkhangelsk – Only a few remain of the city's many monuments. The monument in the square is the last major Lenin monument to be established in the Soviet Union, in 1988. Others stand in Solombala on the Square, Terekhina on the street, and Gagarin in the yard. * Astrakhan – monument installed in the square, VI Lenin * Bakhchysarai (''disputed Crimea'') * Balakovo – Saratov region, two monuments * Barnaul – three on the main avenue, and one in Upland Park. Because of the drapery which is present in the composition of the monument near the street Anatolia, a Lonely Planet guide to Russia has called the monument "Lenin Toreador". * Belgorod – at Cathedral Square (the former Revolution Square), in Lenin Park, near the now-current cinema "Falcon", and a bust in the Belgorod Dairy Plant (BMP) * Berezniki – Lenin Square (about Palace of Culture, Lenin) * Bogoroditsk – town center * Boksitogorsk – central square (Lenin Square) * Dubna – 25 m, the second tallest; 15 m statue on a 10 m pedestal * Dedovsk – a small monument is located opposite the branch of RSCU in the street of Gagarin * Dimitrovgrad, Russia, Dimitrovgrad – the town square – the square of the Soviets. A bust is located within the NCC, Slavsky. * Dmitry – installed in the central square of the historic district * Dubna – the world's second largest statue of Lenin lies in the vicinity of the "Big Volga". Sculptor SD Merkurov, height 25 m (with pedestal 37 m), weight 540 tons. The monument was erected in 1937 on the banks of the Volga near the beginning of the Moscow Canal. On the other bank was a monument to Stalin. After Stalin's death the monument was blown up, but the pedestal remained. * Dudinka – monument in front of the House of Culture * Dyatkovo – on Lenin Square in the town center, next to buildings authorities * Dzerzhinsk, Russia, Dzerzhinsk – in Lenin Square. The authors of the improvement and development area are the architects Androsova GD and Sinyavsky EA. Sculptor Nelyubin BS; opened for the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin in 1970. * Ekaterinburg – main monument in front of City Hall in Lenin Square since 1905; secondary monuments placed at the entrance of the Sverdlovsk Tools Factory Street * Gelendzhik – monument near the boarding house "Caucasus", st. Mayachnaya ** The working village Settlement on Lenin Street has a monument, built in contemporary Russia (established November 7, 2006). Sculptor V. Fetisov * Irkutsk ** monument at the crossing of streets Karl Marx and Lenin ** bust on Karl Marx street, in front of a shopping center * Izhevsk – monument established in 1958 at the National Library of the Udmurt Republic, sculptor PP Yatsynova and architect LN Kulaga, in bronze and granite * Ishimbay – 1966, the square on the street gutter * Kazan ** monument standing 1930–1951, in the square and then park in the former Theatre (now Liberty) Square ** the new statue with bleachers installed in 1954 at what was then the main Freedom Square ** monument to young Vladimir Ulyanov (like Moscow) set in 1954 at University Park on the street Kremlin ** a statue of Lenin stands in front of the Lenin House of Culture in Sotsgorod * Kaliningrad – major monument to Lenin by the sculptor VB Topuridze installed at Victory Square in 1958. In 2005, during the reconstruction of the area, the monument was removed allegedly temporarily, for the restoration, but after the reconstruction the monument was not returned. Mayor of Kaliningrad Yury Savenko put forward the idea of creating the city's Lenin Square, where he could transfer the monument. * Kaluga – statue in front of the regional administration in the area of old trades that previously had the name Lenin * Kamensk Shakhtinsky – a monument to Lenin in Kamensk Shakhtinsky square, at the intersection of the Avenue of Karl Marx and Pushkin Street, next to the district council Kamensky district, Rostov region * Kemerovo – Lenin monument in the Square of the Soviets. One night in 1993 local businessmen made an unsuccessful attempt to demolish the monument. * Prokopyevsk – statue was destroyed by a drunk man attempting to take a selfie * Kimry – a monument placed in the town center * Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Kirov – Theatre Square, XX Party Congress * Kolomna – monument installed in the center of the square of the two revolutions * Krasnodar ** The main urban monument to Lenin, sculptor P. Sabsay, architect A Giants, opened in 1956 on the square in front of the Communist Party Regional Committee (now the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Region – KYC), according to government decree of the RSFSR. ** The oldest statue of Lenin in Krasnodar (sculptor K. Dietrich) is in the park to VI Lenin, on the street Vishnyakova. The monument was built in 1925, a year after the death of the Soviet dictator. * Krasnoturinsk – monument installed in front of the city administration in the city centre * Krasnoyarsk – statue on Revolution Square in the city centre * Krasnoznamensk (Moscow region) – set before the House of Culture (house of the garrison officers) * Kursk – monument installed in front of the city administration in the city centre * Lodeynoye Pole – Statue in front of train station * Moscow – There are over 82 Lenin monuments in Moscow, including: ** large monument in downtown wmru:Калужская площадь, Kaluzhskaya Square, opposite the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice (Russia), Ministry of Justice ** statue at the VDNKh (Russia), All-Russian Exhibition Center, Ostankinsky District ** sitting Lenin in Monument to Lenin on Tverskaya Square, Tverskaya Square, opposite the Residence of the Mayor of Moscow ** sitting Lenin at the wmru:Парк Декабрьского восстания, Park of the December Uprising ** Lenin is depicted in full in a coat and cap at Lenin Monument, Pavlovskaya Street, Pavlovskaya Street * Noginsk - the oldest statue erected in 1924 * Murom * Pokhvistnevo, Samara Oblast, Pokhvistnevo – statue is standing near the Culture Palace * Pskov – statue is standing near the House of Soviets * Saint-Petersburg – Statue of Lenin at Finland Station: Lenin giving a speech from an armored car monument is present in the city on Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square) next to Finland Station, Finland Railway Station *Samara, Russia, Samara – Statue of Lenin on Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square) in the old part of the city. * Sevastopol (''disputed Crimea'') * Simferopol (''capital of disputed Crimea'') * Tambov – Lenin statue in Lenin Square, in the centre of the city. * Ulan Ude – biggest head of Lenin in the world, in front of Buryatia government building * Veliky Novgorod – two monuments: in the Sofia area (established in April 1928, lost by war, restored in 1958) and in Street Trading Ivanskoy side * Vladikavkaz (sculptor ZI Azgur, architect G. Zakharov) is open on Lenin Square in front of the Russian Drama Theatre. Vakhtangov in 1957. In 1993, twice blown up and subsequently restored. *Volgograd (27 m, the tallest).now in five sites: ** "Great Lenin" – Liberty Square (the intersection of Victory Avenue and the streets of the World) ** "Little Lenin" – the Children's park named after Alexander Pushkin. ** A monument in the main building of the Volgograd State Technical University. ** 2 monuments in car-repair factory. ** Lenin monument at the entrance of the Volga-Don channel – set in the Krasnoarmeysk area (height pedestal) – 30 meters, the sculpture – 27 meters. Sculptor – EV Vucetich. Earlier, on the same pedestal, there was a monument to Stalin. ** In the central region on Lenin Square on the 90th anniversary of the monument to Lenin. Sculptor – EV Vucetich. ** In the central region, in the park opposite the building of regional administration. ** The Post Office building is a statue of Lenin. * Volga: ** Monument to Lenin Square. * Vyborg: ** A monument in the town square – Red (set in 1957) ** The bust in the house-museum of Lenin * Yakutsk – Lenin statue in Lenin Square, in the centre of the city. * Yalta (''disputed Crimea'') * Yefremov (town), Yefremov – a park near the city administration. Also in the park near the police building. * Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk region) – Lenin Square opposite the Palace of Culture. There was also the now dismantled joint statue of Lenin and Stalin.


Slovakia

* Bratislava – Built in 1970, after Velvet Revolution it was taken to Nové Mesto nad Váhom. The statue is now privately owned and it is located in the village Drietoma. * Poprad – Built in 1981 (see Statue of Lenin, Seattle) * Košice – Built in 1987, the statue stood in front of former Building of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in 1989 after Velvet Revolution it was taken to the warehouse of the East Slovak Museum.


Spain

* Bust at Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga, Otxarkoaga district of Bilbao, erected without approval from the authorities.


Sweden

* Vittsjö, a small town in southern Sweden. The statue is privately owned by Calevi Hämäläinen.


United Kingdom

*London, Islington Museum – 245 St John Street, Islington. Bust by Berthold Lubetkin commissioned by the UK Government during the war in tribute to the efforts of the Soviet Union. It was placed in Holford Square (briefly Lenin's home when he lived in London) and unveiled in 1942. It was a supposed focal point of a new housing development to be named 'Lenin Court' although the choice of Lenin proved unpopular with the local community and the bust was frequently daubed with anti-communist slogans. Lubetkin had the bust removed and when the housing development was completed in the late 1940s, it was renamed 'Bevin Court'. The bust was displayed in Islington Town Hall for many years and is now on permanent display in the museum. *RAF Museum Cosford - In the national cold War exhibition. A Statue of Lenin holding a gift bag is used as a focal point for the museum's gift shop. *Belfast – The Kremlin Bar, a gay bar, has a statue of Lenin welcoming partygoers over the main entrance.


Ukraine

In 1991 Ukraine had 5,500 Lenin monuments. Before Ukraine's Euromaidan, Lenin monuments and other Soviet-era monuments were already being removed. However, in 2008, the 139th anniversary of Lenin, two new Lenin monuments were erected in Luhansk Oblast.Two Lenin monuments opened in Luhansk Oblast
UNIAN (April 22, 2008)
In Ukraine more than 500 statues of Lenin were dismantled between February 2014 and April 2015, after which nearly 1,700 remained standing. On 15 May 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that set a six-month deadline for the removal of the country's communist monuments.Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization
Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes
Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols
BBC News (14 April 2015)
By December 2015 Lenin monuments 1,300 were still standing (in Ukraine).Out of Sight
The Ukrainian Week (28 December 2015)
In April 2015, a formal decommunization process started in Ukraine after Ukrainian decommunization laws, laws were approved which, among other acts, outlawed communist symbols. * Almazna (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Alupka (''disputed Crimea'') * Andriyevo-Ivanove – broken in half on January 4, 2014 * Amvrosiivka (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Antratsyt (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Armiansk (''disputed Crimea'') * Bakhchysarai (''disputed Crimea'') * Baranivka (city), Baranivka * Barvinkove * Berdychiv * Bila Tserkva * Bilopillia * Bilohirsk (''disputed Crimea'') * Bilokurakyne – fell on 10 October 2014 * Bilozerka – removed on 8 July 2014 * Bilytske * Bohodukhiv – toppled on 10 October 2014 * Boryslav – removed in 1990 * Brianka (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Brovary * Chasiv Yar * Cherkasy – mounted from 1969 to 2008, designed by K.O. Kuznetsov, architect — V.G. Gniezdilo * Chernobyl main street * Chernihiv – toppled by protesters on February 21, 2014."Leninopad" continues – monuments dismantled in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Chernihiv
Ukrayinska Pravda (February 21, 2014)
* Chernivtsi – mounted from 1951 to 1992, designed by М.K. Vronsky, O.P. Oliynyk, architect — М. Ashkinazi * Chervona Svoboda – removed on 8 July 2014 * Chervonopartyzansk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Chuhuiv * Derazhnia * Derhachi – toppled on 29 September 2014 * Dnipropetrovsk – toppled by protesters on February 21, 2014. *Dnipropetrovsk, 2 Lenin monuments were removed by the city in 2014; in March 2014 the city's Lenin Square was renamed "Heroes of Independence Square" in honor of the List of people killed during Euromaidan, people killed during Euromaidan. The statue of Lenin on the square was removed. In June 2014 another Lenin monument was removed (parts of the monument were moved to a local history museum) and replaced by a monument for the Ukrainian military fighting against Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation, armed insurgents in the Donbass (region of Ukraine) In May 2016 Dnipropetrovsk was itself officially renamed to ''Dnipro'' to comply with Decommunization in Ukraine, decommunization laws.
Верховна Рада України (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)
, ''Поіменне голосування про проект Постанови про перейменування міста Дніпропетровська Дніпропетровської області (№3864) (Roll-call vote on the draft resolution on renaming of Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk region №3864)'', 19 May 2016.
* Dokuchaievsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Donetsk (''occupied by pro Russian separatists'') – in the Lenin Square * Dunaivtsi * Dzhankoy (''disputed Crimea'') * Enerhodar * Fastiv * Feodosiya (''disputed Crimea'') * Hirnyk (city), Hirnyk * Hirske * Inkerman (''disputed Crimea'') * Ivano-Frankivsk – mounted from 1975 to 1990, designed by H.N. Kalchenko, А.Е. Belostotsky, О.A. Suprun. * Izmail * Kamianka-Dniprovska – destroyed on 16 April 2014 * Kyiv, located in front of Besarabsky Market, erected in the 1950s. (Toppled and dismantled by Euromaidan, Ukrainian protesters on December 8, 2013) * Kharkiv: At the Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Freedom Square, erected in 1964. Toppled by protesters on September 28, 2014. Another statue destroyed on 6 October 2014 * Kharkiv: three monuments to Lenin dismantled by unknown late August 2014.Kernes promised to rebuild the monuments to Lenin
Ukrayinska Pravda (26 August 2014)
On 19 November 2014, the Kharkiv Administrative Court of appeal upheld the decision of the Kharkiv district administrative court that had dismissed an appeal by the City Council to suspend Baluta's order to dismantle the statue. * Kherson – toppled on February 22, 2014; restored April 2022 * Khmelnytskyi * Komsomolsk, Ukraine, Komsomolsk * Kostychany – bust of Lenin decapitated on 21 February 2014 * Kotovsk, Ukraine, Kotovsk – toppled on December 8, 2013 * Kramatorsk – 3 statues, two of them toppled on 17 April 2015 and 22 April 2015 * Krasnohorivka * Krasnohrad * Krasnoperekopsk (''disputed Crimea'') * Krasnyi Luch (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Kremenchuk – broken on November 25, 2008 * Kreminna * Kryvyi Rih – toppled between 1 and 2 September 2014 * Kurakhove * Laha, Ukraine, Laha – mounted from 1967 to 1991, designed by O.P. Oliynyk, architect — O. Lanko * Lion-Gri – mounted from 1967 to 1991, designed by М.K. Vronsky, architect — I. Meknychuk * Lozova * Luhansk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Lviv – mounted from 1952 to 1990, designed by Sergey Merkurov, architect — I.O. Frantsuz * Mariupol: A statue of Lenin was located at the Lenin Avenue (toppled by unknown August 15, 2014). – painted with Ukrainian national colours * Marinka, Ukraine, Marinka * Miusynsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Molochansk * Molodohvardiysk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Mospyne (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Nikopol, Ukraine, Nikopol – toppled on 25 October 2014 * Nova Kakhovka – Reinstalled in April 2022 by Russian occupiers * Novomoskovsk, Ukraine, Novomoskovsk September 2015, toppled by protestors. * Novovoskresenske – toppled on 10 September 2014 * Novosvetlovka – erected in 2008 on the occasion of the 139th anniversary of Lenin's birthday * Obukhiv – removed in 2009 * Odessa – mounted in 1967 to 2006, designed by Matvey Manizer, О.М. Manizer, architects: I.Ye. Rozin, Yu.S. Lapin, М.М. Volkov, relocated to the park of Lenin's Komsomol * Oleksandrivsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Orikhiv * Panchenkove – erected in 2008 on the occasion of the 139th anniversary of Lenin's birthday * Pavlohrad – toppled on 17 November 2014 * Petrovske (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Poltava – toppled by protesters on February 21, 2014. * Polohy * Popasna * Prymorsk * Pryvillia * Rodynske * Rovenky (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Saky (''disputed Crimea'') * Selydove * Sevastopol (''disputed Crimea'') * Shcholkine (''disputed Crimea'') * Simferopol (''capital of disputed Crimea'') * Siversk * Sloviansk – removed on 3 June 2015 * Snizhne (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Soledar * Starobilsk * Staryi Krym (''disputed Crimea'') * Sudak (''disputed Crimea'') * Sukhodilsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Sumy – mounted from 1982 to the early 2000s, designed by E. Kuntsevych, architects O. Zavarov and I. Lanko, relocated to the park at the city limits, the Lenin statue outside the House of Culture was removed by the city in 2014 and a statue to Cossack leader :uk:Герасим Кондратьєв, Herasym Kondratiev will replace it * Svatove – toppled on 30 September 2014 * Sverdlovsk, Ukraine, Sverdlovsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Svitlodarsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Teplohirsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Ternopil – mounted from 1967 to 1990. It was designed by М.Ye. Roberman, architect — G. Karasiev * Tokmak, Ukraine, Tokmak * Ukrainsk * Uzhgorod – mounted from 1974 to 1991, designed by М.K. Vronsky and O.P. Oliynyk, architects Yu.O. Maksymov and V.O.Sikorsky * Valky * Varva, Chernihiv Oblast, Varva * Vilniansk (''occupied by the pro Russian separatists'') * Vinnytsia – mounted from 1972 to 1991, designed by А. Kovalev, V.I. Agibalov, Ya.I. Ryk * Vovchansk * Vuhlehirsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Yalta (''disputed Crimea'') * Yunokomunarivsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Zaporizhia – disguised in Vyshyvanka on 4 October 2014, was removed by the city on 17 March 2016. * Zmiiv * Zolote (''partially occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Zorynsk (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'') * Zuhres (''occupied by pro-Russian separatists'')


See also

*List of statues of Joseph Stalin *List of places named after Vladimir Lenin *Chiang Kai-shek statues *Fallen Monument Park


References


Further reading

* Tumarkin, Nina. ''Lenin Lives!: The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia'' (Harvard University Press, 1983). * Joffre-Eichhorn, Hjalmar Jorge; Anderson, Patrick and Johann Salazar (eds.). ''Lenin150 (Samizdat)'' (KickAss Books, 2020; 2nd, expanded edition: Daraja Press, 2021).


External links

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List of Lenin monuments in the former GDR
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Complete and actualized list of Lenin monuments still standing in Germany (German/English) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Statues Of Lenin Lists of statues, Lenin Cultural depictions of Vladimir Lenin Monuments and memorials to Vladimir Lenin Sculptures in the Soviet Union, * Statues of heads of government