List of Statues of Vladimir Lenin - Other Non-Communist States

Other Non-Communist States

  • United Kingdom: London Islington Museum, 245 St John Street, Islington. Bust by Lubetkin commissioned by the UK Government during the war in tribute to the efforts of the Soviet Union. It was placed in Holford Square (briefly Lenin's home when he lived in London) and unveiled in 1942. It was a supposed focal point of a new housing development to be named 'Lenin Court' but the bust became a target of fascist sympathisers and was frequently daubed with anti-Communist and anti-semitic messages, even in the months after the liberation of Belsen and Auschwitz. Lubetkin had the bust removed and when the housing development was completed in the late 1940s, it was renamed 'Bevin Court'. The bust was displayed in Islington Town Hall for many years and is now on permanent display in the museum.
  • Belfast The Kremlin Bar, one of the premier Gay Bars in Europe, has a statue of Lenin welcoming partygoers over the main entrance.
  • Denmark: Hørsholm (1986 - 1996: today located at the Worker's Museum, Copenhagen.)
  • Finland:
    • Kotka, at Lenin park
    • Turku, near the art museum
  • France, in Montpellier
  • Italy:
    • Cavriago, at Piazza Lenin (Italian for Lenin Square) (near Reggio Emilia)
    • Carpi, in the Gardens of Augustus
  • Greece, Athens: Front of the Headquarters building of the Communist Party of Greece
  • India:
    • Kolkata - at the mouth of Lenin Sarani in Esplanade.,
    • Vijayawada
    • New Delhi
      • Nehru Park: The life size statue of Lenin is located in Nehru Park, Delhi, Chanakyapuri>>. The statue was installed on Ist November 1987 during the 70th anniversary of October Revolution. It was unveiled by then Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov, Indian Prime-minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Sonia Gandhi. Every year on 22 April members of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and other Left oriented Political parties visits the place to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Lenin.
      • AKG Bhawan: A large bust of Lenin is located in AKG Bhawan, the headquarters of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in New Delhi. This white coloured bust is installed right in front of the bust of A. K. Gopalan. Communist Party of the Soviet Union has gifted this bust to Communist Party of India (Marxist). Before its final installation in the year 2010 it remained isolated in backyard of Party Headquarters for several years.
  • Netherlands: Enschede, in front of the TwentseWelle Museum. It was placed in the context of an exhibition about the GDR.
  • South Pole:
    • Pole of inaccessibility Plastic bust left by Soviet scientists in December 1958
  • Spain:
    • Bust at Otxarkoaga district of Bilbao.
  • Svalbard:
    • Statues at Barentsburg and Pyramiden are the worlds northernmost Lenin statues.
  • Sweden:
    • Vittsjö, a small town in southern Sweden.
  • United States:
    • Las Vegas - Outside Red Square Restaurant, Mandalay Bay Hotel - Headless
    • Seattle - Fremont neighborhood (See Statue of Lenin (Seattle))
    • Atlantic City, New Jersey - in the Tropicana Casino
    • New York City

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