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A mother and her son stand in front of a mosaic depicting founder of the Soviet State Vladimir Lenin, in the Black sea resort of Sochi on February 13, 2012. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games which are scheduled to start on February 7, 2014.

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A woman works with a sewing machine at her shop selling political propaganda items including communist signs and portraits of communist leaders Karl Max, Lenin and late president Ho Chi Minh in downtown Hanoi on February 1, 2012. Vietnamese communists will celebrate on March 2 the 82nd...

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A monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, partly covered with snow, is seen in front of the culture palace of in Zhodino, some 50 km (31 miles) east of Minsk, February 9, 2012.

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Members of a leftist Turkish party waves party flags and hold a poster showing the commander of Turkey's War of Independance, Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and his main ally Soviet leader Lenine, as they protest outside the French embassy in Ankara on January 23, 2012. Turkey threatened...

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Russian Communist Party supporters prepare on January 21, 2012 to lay flowers at the mausoleum of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on Red Square in Moscow to mark the 88th anniversary of his death.

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A view taken on January 13, 2012 of the Lenin monument of the industrial Ukrainian city of Donetsk which will host the Euro 2012 European football championship next June.

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Participants ski past a monument of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin during the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Ladies 1.5 km sprint free event in Moscow February 2, 2012. The Luzhniki stadium can be seen in the background.

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Communist party leader and presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov seen during his meeting with a farmers at the Lenin state farm outside Moscow, with a giant bust of Vladimir Lenin in the background, Russia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Gennady Zyuganov is one of the presidential candidates...

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VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 16: An emblem depicting Vladimir Lenin is seen on top of a building on November 16, 2011 in Volgograd, Russia. Volgograd is one of thirteen proposed host cities as Russia prepares to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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SAMARA, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 10: A general view of a statue of Lenin on November 10, 2011 in Samara, Russia. Samara is one of thirteen proposed host cities as Russia prepares to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 02: A monument to Vladimir Lenin is seen on the main Lenin Street on November 2, 2011 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Yekaterinburg is one of thirteen cities proposed as a host city for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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KHARKOV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 02: General view of the statue of Lenin overlooking Freedom Square in Kharkov on November 2, 2011, in Kharkov, Ukraine. Kharkov is Ukraine second largest city and is a Euro2012 Venue City which will be held in the Ukraine and Poland.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Light shines through stained glass windows featuring the faces of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin prior to the beginning of the winter semester on October 11, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. German universities recorded a record 2.218...

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People take pictures of the portrait of Soviet Union's founding father Vladimir Lenin in the cafe of the Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia on September 19, 2011, after the opening ceremony. Twenty-two years after the fall of its communist regime, Bulgaria opened on Monday its first-ever...

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People walk past a statue of Soviet Union's founding father Vladimir Lenin in the sculpture park of the Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia on September 19, 2011, after the opening ceremony. Twenty-two years after the fall of its communist regime, Bulgaria opened on Monday its first-ever...

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Members of a leftist Turkish party hold a poster showing the leader of Turkey's War of Independance, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, left, and Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin as they stage a protest outside the French embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. They were protesting against a...

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A Soviet-era monument to Vladimir Lenin in the central square of Ukraine's industrial city of Kharkiv, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. Kharkiv is one of Ukraine's four host cities for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament.

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A Pro-Communist Muscovite holds a portrait of Lenin as he gathers with others to visit the mausoleum of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin to mark the 88th anniversary of his death at Moscow's Red Square, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.

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A supporter of the Russian Communist Party is seen through a flag during a rally by the monument of the Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin, to mark Lenin's death anniversary, in Russia's southern city of Stavropol January 21, 2012. People, who demanded the resignation of head of the...

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Russia's Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov gestures while speaking during his news conference in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, with a portrait of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in the background. The leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov pledged that the...

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Buildings are under construction on Lenin square on June 6, 2011 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. One year before it hosts the biggest event in its two decades of independence, Ukraine is finally showing signs it is ready for the 2012 European football championships despite...

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A visitor looks at a statue of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before the start of the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism, Hungarians still feel that they have not faced up to their...

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A cameraman films a painting of communist ideologists (L-R) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before the start of the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism, Hungarians...

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A gallery employee adjusts a painting of communist ideologists (L-R) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before starting the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism,...