The Weirdest Monuments Of The Communist Era That Are Still Standing

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After the fall of the Soviet Union, many Communist statues and sculptures were destroyed, while others were moved to statue parks or museums. But many of them remained in the same place for the last 20 years, while the former Soviet areas were transformed into modern countries. Here are thirteen of the most incredible ones.

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Lenin’s giant head, Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia

Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria

Makedonium (Ilinden Memorial), former Yugoslavia, now Krusevo, Macedonia

Mitrovica Memorial, Mitrovica, Kosovo

War Memorial, Nikšić, Montenegro

Monument to the Revolution of the people of Moslavina, Podgarić, Croatia

Béla Kun Memorial, Memento Park, Budapest, Hungary

The Great Patriotic War Memorial (or Mother Motherland Monument), Kiev, Ukraine

Mound of Glory, near Minsk, Belarus

Korenica Monument, former Yugoslavia, now Croatia

The Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Memorial), Yerevan, Armenia

Weird Soviet-era statue, somewhere in Georgia

Weird Lenin Statue, Sukleia, Moldova

Saluting Robo-Lenin from Magnitorsk, 1931

The Independence Monument of Turkmenistan

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