(Reuters) - A century after the Russian Revolution, the influence of its leader Vladimir Lenin has waned but his image remains on monuments built across the former Soviet Union as part of a cult of ...

Communist emblems were seen on the streets of western Germany on August 27 as a Marxist political party unveiled a controversial monument. GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany -- A statue of communist figurehead ...

LONDON — 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 ...

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – The targeting of colonial-era monuments in some Western nations has prompted activists in Russia and Ukraine to reflect on how their own countries dealt with Soviet-era statues ...

RIDDER, Kazakhstan -- Two years ago, officials in Ridder, a city in northeastern Kazakhstan, decided to erect a monument in honor of Filipp Ridder, the 18th- and 19th-century mining engineer for whom ...

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter ...

During the Soviet era, Lenin monuments occupied a place of honor in virtually all cities, towns and villages. Over the past 12 years, since Communism's collapse, Lenin statues have lost their luster ...

Re: “Dear Seattle: We need to talk about Lenin” [July 9, Opinion]: I’m sorry that the Lenin statue in Fremont causes pain for columnist David Volodzko. However, I think for most of us when it was ...

KIEV, January 10. /ITAR-TASS/. Unidentified vandals have beheaded the monument to Russian Soviet leader Lenin in the district center of Mashevka, Poltava Region in central Ukraine, the press service ...

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — Vandals have sprayed paint and drawn a swastika across a large painting of Vladimir Lenin on a mountainside in southern Russia, police said Thursday.The report of the ...