The Soviet Union is gone and its founding ideology discredited. But the atheistic and materialistic mindset endures as do a remarkable collection of Vladimir Lenin statues in every corner of the world.
Lenin’s statue overlooks the Arctic wilderness from a Russian mining community in Svalbard, Norway. / TassA statue of Lenin overlooks Kyrgyz Muslims praying in central Bishkek. / Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP
Lenin’s glare is frozen in the concrete of a dam in Talas, Kyrgyzstan. / Shamil Zhumatov / ReutersIconic and ironic cool in a Ulan Bator, Mongolia pool hall.
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