The leader of the revolution has turned into an ordinary historical figure for younger Russians. Today's generation of Russians have rather mixed feelings when it comes to the leader of the Bolshevik ...

Continuing a drive that Russian lawmakers have previously slammed as "de-russification," Kyrgyzstan has taken down two more statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and removed his name from several ...

The founder of the Soviet Union died in 1924, but his embalmed body remains on display in a country that doesn’t know how to let go of its past. Last Sunday, upon waking up, I reached for my phone and ...

The leader’s bust was first made on Feb. 19, 1919 by a sculptor called Georgi Alekseyev (it was later erected in Petrograd). Officially, however, the first monument to Lenin is considered the ...

A man uses a sledgehammer to smash a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin during a rally organized by supporters of EU integration in Kiev, Ukraine, on December 8. There are many ways to create ...