Anticommunism in Kyrgyzstan: The world's largest monument dedicated to Lenin to be dismantled

Kyrgyzstan has joined the group of former Soviet republics in which socialist-era monuments are dismantled. According to eadaily.com, the local authorities of the city of Osh decided to remove the tallest memorial dedicated to the leader of the 1917 October Revolution and founder of the USSR, Vladimir Lenin.

As TASS reminds, Osh is the second largest city after Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The administration assured that the decision was made based on expediency, and not because of Russophobia.

They reported that they were acting on the example of St. Petersburg and Belgorod, where monuments to Lenin were also dismantled or moved to other places.

"This is a common practice in order to improve the overall architectural and aesthetic appearance of cities. Therefore, it is not necessary to politicize this issue," the Osh Mayor's office said.

The height of the monument, located next to the Park of Love and the park of Toktogul Satylganov, is approximately 25 m. As far as we know, this is one of the highest objects dedicated to the leader of the proletariat, not only in Central Asia, but throughout the world.

In any case, no matter how many Soviet-era monuments they will destroy, the attempt to erase socialism from the peoples' memory and prevent the struggles for a new society, will fail. 

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