Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue taken down

[SouthBayDem]

Source: BBC

Kyrgyzstan has taken down a huge statue of the revolutionary Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was thought to be the tallest in Central Asia.

First erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, the 23m-tall monument towered over the city of Osh for 50 years before it was quietly removed this week.

Photos emerged on Saturday showing the communist revolutionary - who features prominently in Soviet iconography - lying on his back on the ground, having been lowered by crane.

Many former Soviet republics have recently sought to recast their national identities with less emphasis on their previous ties to Russia, though local officials downplayed the decision to move the statue.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c201yy6gknpo

[wolfie001]

1. Pootin can't be pleased about that

[lastlib]

2. He'll get over it if.....

...they replace with a statue of him.

[wolfie001]

3. 5' 4"

Just like real life.

[maxsolomon]

4. Excellent. Good for the Kyrgyz.

It's still on Google Earth if you'd like to see what it looked like. In Osh City Square on Lenin Avenue, across from the Parilament.