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Looking for Lenin
Niels Ackermann

Looking for Lenin

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Jul 14, 2017
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Feb 09, 2022
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The head of Dnipropetrovsk's Lenin was given to the city's National Historical Museum. It remains in storage as the institution does not currently have the resources to exhibit it. Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). 13 November 2015. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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This Lenin head is more than two metres tall and previously stood on the site of the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station (Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant). It is now stored in a room used by the facility cleaning staff. Despite the authorities' claims of contamination, no significant levels of radiation were found. Chernobyl. 6 October 2016 © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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A private collector has assembled a large collection of Soviet era monuments, including dozens of Lenin statues. He stores them in his warehouse alongside materials for his glass business. Kharkiv. 2 February 2016 © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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Another Lenin statue stored in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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This nose belonged to a 28-foot-tall statue of Lenin, once the largest in Ukraine. It is now on display at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev as part of Yevgenia Belorusetsís installation, "Let's Put Lenin's Head Back Together." Kyiv, 5 February 2016. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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A tipped over statue in Kremenchuk, an important industrial city in the center of the country. 30 March 2016. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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Beheaded Lenin statue exhibited in Kyiv at the Museum of Soviet Occupation. 12 September 2015 © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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A decapitated Lenin statue in Chabo, a small town outside of Odessa. 21 November 2015 © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
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