(It seems that all towns in Belarus have at least one statue of Lenin.) From the statue, we turned down a dirt road that led toward the canal. It is lined with small houses with big gardens.

Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia.

1 Workers near a boxed statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin meant for display in Svyatsk, western Belarus, in September 1991. The newly delivered statue remained boxed, with the local ...

Protesters rally in front of a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin on a central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Nicolas Tanner ...

Approximately 7,000 statues of Lenin were placed around Russia during the Soviet era, with 6,000 estimated to still exist. Since 2013, Ukraine has demolished the majority of its Communist monuments.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, have removed a 75-foot (23-meter) statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, once believed to be the tallest in Central Asia. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia. The 23 ...