Other Communist and Post-communist States
- East Germany: Berlin (1970) by Nikolai Tomski granite, 19m, Leninplatz, removed in 1992 and buried outside Berlin (there are plans to re-erect it); a bust of Lenin can still be seen on the wall of the former swimming pool of the Russian Embassy on Behrenstrasse and there is a stained glass window of Lenin in the Old Library on Bebelplatz. One statue of Lenin (approximately 2:1) is still standing in Brommystrasse (corner Köpenickerstrasse) in the yard of a removal company.
- Ethiopia: Meskel Square, Addis Ababa. The first Lenin statue in Africa, this monument was constructed in October 1983. The statue was toppled with the fall of the Derg government in 1991.
- Hungary: Érd (Statue Park)
- Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, in front of Ulaanbaatar Hotel and in close proximity to the Mongolian People's Party headquarters (removed on October 14, 2012).
- Poland: Kraków (in Nowa Huta district, pulled down in December 1989), Poronin (removed in 1990)
- Romania: Bucharest (built in front of Casa Presei Libere in April 1960, pulled down in March 1990)
- Vietnam: Hanoi (Duong Dien Bien Phu Street, adjacent to the Vietnamese Army museum)
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