A monument to Bolshevik leader and Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is seen vandalised, with its nose and left hand damaged, in central Kiev June 30, 2009. Ukrainian police said the vandalism was carried out by a nationalist group before dawn. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

A monument to Bolshevik leader and Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is seen vandalised, with its nose and left hand damaged, in central Kiev June 30, 2009. Ukrainian police said the vandalism was carried out by a nationalist group before dawn.

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  1. BERLIN - AUGUST 25: An East German, communist-era flag, an East German car symbol, matrioshka dolls and a bust of Lenin await tourists at an outdoor stand near Checkpoint Cahrlie on August 25, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Allied and Soviet soldiers once faced each other at Checpoint Charlie, one of the crossing points between East and West Berlin during the Cold War, when Berlin was divided into zones of occupation. Berlin will celelbrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall this November.
  2. BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 10: A bust of Vladimir Lenin looks out from a display case at the DDR Museum on September 10, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The bust is among the many objects of everyday life in the former, communist East Germany on display at the DDR Museum. Germany will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which preceded the end of communist rule across Eastern Europe, in November this year.
  3. A man dressed as Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin takes part in a march in Moscow on November 7, 2009, marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's overthrow of the Tsarist empire, an event casting long shadows as Russians gear up for next month's legislative polls. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has stopped holding lavish celebrations to commemorate the seizure of Saint Petersburg's Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces on October 25, 1917, which under the present-day calendar corresponds to November.
  4. Members of the Bulgarian Communist Party gather during a rally marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's overthrow of the Tsarist empire near a statue of their leader, in Sofia on November 7, 2009. The October Revolution of October 25, 1917 (November 7, 1917 according to the new calendar) ousted the post-imperial provisional government and installed the Soviets led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in power.
  5. Russian communist supporters hold portraits of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (L) and Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in Russia's southern city of Vladikavkaz, November 7, 2009.
  6. Russian communist supporters hold portraits of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (R) and Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin (L) as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in Russia's southern city of Vladikavkaz, November 7, 2009.
  7. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian communist supporters, including a man dressed as the Soviet Union founder, Vladimir Lenin (L) shout slogans as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  8. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian communist supporters, including a man dressed as the Soviet Union founder, Vladimir Lenin (L) shout slogans as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  9. Policemen hold off supporters of Russian communist party during their march in Moscow on November 07, 2009, marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's brutal Communist overthrow of the Tsarist empire, an event casting long shadows as Russians gear up for next month's legislative polls. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union Russia has stopped holding lavish celebrations to commemorate the seizure of Saint Petersburg' Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces on October 25, 1917, which under the present-day calendar corresponds to November 7.
  10. Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov takes part in the march in Moscow on November 07, 2009, marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's brutal Communist overthrow of the Tsarist empire, an event casting long shadows as Russians gear up for next month's legislative polls. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union Russia has stopped holding lavish celebrations to commemorate the seizure of Saint Petersburg' Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces on October 25, 1917, which under the present-day calendar corresponds to November 7.
  11. A red banner with portraits of Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, right-left, is carried during a Communist demonstration marking the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Nov. 7 was for decades a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that ushered in more than 70 years of Soviet rule. Former President Vladimir Putin abolished a holiday on Nov. 7 four years ago.
  12. A poster depicting Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin is carried during a Communist rally marking the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Nov. 7 was for decades a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that ushered in more than 70 years of Soviet rule. Former President Vladimir Putin abolished the Nov. 7 holiday four years ago.
  13. A man dressed as Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin (L) takes part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in central Moscow, November 7, 2009.
  14. Belarusian communist supporters take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, with the monument to Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin seen in the background, at Independence Square in Minsk, November 7, 2009.
  15. Russian communist supporters hold a portrait of Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in central Moscow, November 7, 2009.
  16. Bronze statue of former US President Bill Clinton before is unveiled in Pristina, Kosovo in this photo taken, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Thousands of ethnic Albanians gathered in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 3.5 meter statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Following the 1998-99 war authorities in Pristina changed the name of the capital city's thoroughfare from Vladimir Lenin Street to Bill Clinton Boulevard.

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