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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.

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A visitor looks at a painting of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, left, at a 'Totalitarian Art' exhibition at the National Art Gallery in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Wednesday, July, 15, 2009.

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Some of 2,500 Russian Communist Party supporters rally with portraits of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (L) and Josef Stalin (R) in the center of Moscow on April 4, 2009 to to condemn the Russian government and its handling of the economic crisis, part of nationwide protests organi...

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In this 2008 file photo a large painting of Vladimir Lenin seen on the Mashuk Mountain on the outskirts of Pyatigorsk, southern Russia. Police say vandals have sprayed paint and drawn a swastika across a large painting of Vladimir Lenin on a mountainside in Pyatigorsk.

Communism supporters and members of the Action Society of Russia's Citizens take part in a protest against higher import duties on used cars in central Vladivostok January 31, 2009. The statue of Vladimir Lenin (R) in is seen in the background.

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A Russian Communist Party supporter holds a pictures of late Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin (L) and Josef Stalin during an anti-government rally in the center of Moscow on January 31, 2009.

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Russian Communist supporters march in front of the mausoleum of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Red square in Moscow on January 21, 2009, marking the 85th anniversary of his death in 1924.

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Russian Communist supporters march in front of the mausoleum of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Red square in Moscow on January 21, 2009, marking the 85th anniversary of his death in 1924.

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Russian Communist supporters gather in front of the mausoleum of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Red square in Moscow on January 21, 2009, marking the 85th anniversary of his death in 1924.

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Russian Communist supporters gather in front of the mausoleum of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Red square in Moscow on January 21, 2009, marking the 85th anniversary of his death in 1924.

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Russian Communist supporters wave flags in front of the mausoleum of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Red square in Moscow on January 21, 2009, marking the 85th anniversary of his death in 1924.

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Two Vladimir Lenin (L and C) and a Josef Stalin (R) lookalike speak as they stand near a bag with a hand ade price list 'Lenin + Stalin = 100 rubles + 100 rubles' (100 rubles is about 3 US dollars) near Red square in Moscow on January 7, 2009.

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Russian communist party supporter holds a poster with Lenin and Stalin pictures reading 'They will return to the earth!' during a rally in centarl Moscow on December 28, 2008.

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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.

Ukrainian Communists rally around Vladimir Lenin monument to mark the birthday of the Soviet state founder in Kiev April 22, 2009.

Communists line up at Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum to pay their respects to the Soviet state founder on his birthday in the Red Square in Moscow April 22, 2009.

Communists line up at Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum to pay their respects to the Soviet state founder on his birthday in the Red Square in Moscow April 22, 2009.

Communists gather outside Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum to pay their respects to the Soviet state founder on his birthday in the Red Square in Moscow April 22, 2009.

Communists line up at Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum to pay their respects to the Soviet state founder on his birthday in the Red Square in Moscow April 22, 2009.

Ukrainian Communists rally around Vladimir Lenin monument to mark the birthday of the Soviet state founder in Kiev April 22, 2009.

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Two women clean the Vladimir Lenin monument near Belarus's government building in central Minsk on April 11, 2009.

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Protesters rally around a Vladimir Lenin monument, seen in the background, in central Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, March 27, 2009. About 30,000 activists from the opposition Party of Regions waved blue flags and chanted 'Crisis Stop!' and 'Down with the Authorities!'.

U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer (L), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (C) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi pose for a picture with a portrait of the founder of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin in the background during the official farewell ceremony on their d...

U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer (L), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (C) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi pose for a picture with a portrait of the founder of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin in the background during the official farewell ceremony on their d...

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, center, and U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer pose with a monument of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in the background, before their departure to Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, outside M...