Finnish city removes last publicly displayed statue of Lenin

The last Lenin statue in Finland has been removed from the square where it is located

The last statue of Vladimir Ilyic Lenin, the head of government of the former Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilyic Lenin, was removed, displayed to the public at Pohjoispuistokatu Square in Kotka, Finland.

Finnish city removes last publicly displayed statue of Lenin

HELSINKI (AP) — A city in southeastern Finland on Tuesday removed the country’s last publicly displayed statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimi...

Finnish town slops last Lenin statue

Residents of the port city of Kotka in southeastern Finland, not far from the Russian border, have had enough of Vladimir Lenin. After increasing pressure on the city leadership in light of the war in Ukraine, the last statue of the Russian revolution leader has now been whisked away, Yle reports. The bronze and granite bust, which was designed by an Estonian sculptor at the end of 197...

Finnish city removes last publicly displayed statue of Lenin

HELSINKI (AP) — A city in southeastern Finland on Tuesday removed the country’s last publicly displayed statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin following pressure from residents in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine.A group of construction workers in Kotka, a port city of 52,000 not far from the border with Russia, hoisted the statue into a truck and drove it away to a warehouse of a local museum.City museum director Kirsi Niku to…

Finland withdraws its last monument to Lenin

A bust of Vladimir Lenin, created by the Estonian sculptor Matti Varik, has been removed from the center of the...

Finnish city removes last publicly displayed statue of Lenin

A city in southeastern Finland has removed the country’s last publicly displayed statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin