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Thanks to Capitalism, These Authentic Communist Statues Could Be Yours

by Claire Voon June 28, 2017June 27, 2017

Available for purchase right now on eBay are two statues of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin, both completely intact and attached to their original pedestals.

Posted inArt

The Rise and Fall of the East Village Lenin Statue

by Arthur Nersesian September 26, 2016September 28, 2016

When I first started hanging out in the East Village in the mid-1970s, it was loaded with unofficial monuments to an older Lower East Side: Boarded up Yiddish theaters and a largely unused bocce ball court on Houston Street were reminders of the days when an immigrant community flourished.

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Good Bye, Lenin! Ukraine Dismantles Its Largest Monument to the Communist Leader

by Claire Voon March 16, 2016March 16, 2016

Ukraine’s largest monument to Vladimir Lenin is finally coming down, and you can join local spectators in watching the whole ordeal live.

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Lenin, I Am Your Father: Darth Vader Engulfs Ukrainian Communist Statue (and Brings Free Wifi)

by Claire Voon October 23, 2015November 20, 2015

A city in Ukraine has gone over to the dark side.

Posted inOpinion

Artists Confront the Uncomfortable Legacy of Lenin

by Hrag Vartanian January 23, 2015January 26, 2015

This week, two men made headlines when they doused the tomb of the Soviet Union’s first leader Vladimir Lenin with holy water while reportedly shouting “Rise up and leave!”

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Ghosts Of Glasnost: “Ostalgia” At The New Museum

by Alexander Cavaluzzo July 18, 2011July 22, 2011

The specter of communism currently haunts the New Museum in its summer “bloc-buster” exhibition “Ostalgia.” It’s an ambitious project that consumes most of the galleries with a swirling conglomeration of disparate mediums, artists, scales and concepts that reflect the miasmic atmosphere of post-Soviet territories.

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