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Kyrgyzstan removes towering Lenin statue from second city
Authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, have removed a 75-foot (23-meter) statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, once believed to be ...
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In Kyrgyzstan’s Osh, Lenin statue goes 34 years after Soviet collapse
For 50 years, a 23-meter, 7.5-ton statue of Vadimir Lenin swept his arm out over Kyrgyzstan’s second city of Osh from a perch above the central square. Then one morning, he disappeared. Residents of ...
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Kyrgyzstan takes down tallest statue of Lenin
Officials in Kyrgyzstan have taken down the country’s tallest statue of Vladimir Lenin—and replaced it with a flagpole.
In Osh, Kyrgyzstan, the authorities decided to dismantle the world's largest monument to Lenin
In the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan, by the decision of the local authorities, the monument to Vladimir Lenin was dismantled. It ...
Central Asia’s largest Lenin statue taken down to be replaced by flagpole
In Osh, Kyrgyzstan, authorities have dismantled a 75-foot statue of Vladimir Lenin, once believed to be the tallest of its ...