Lenin - Hanoi, Vietnam
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member seal13
N 21° 01.095 E 105° 50.367
48Q E 587234 N 2324396
This is the last statue of Lenin in Hanoi
Waymark Code: WM178GR
Location: Vietnam
Date Posted: 01/02/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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This status is located in Lenin Park in Diên Biên Phû street in Hanoi. On 22nd of April, every year, for Lenin's birthday, Vietnamese officials lay wreaths around the status.
It's currently the last one of the Soviet state leader in Vietnam.

Description:
The bronze statue is 3m high and sits on a square base 2m high. Lenin is shown standing, with one hand in his pocket. His posture is very upright and expresses command and power.

Lenin:
Vladimir Lenin was born in Simbirsk, Russia on April 10th 1870. He died on January 21st, 1924, in Gorki, Russia.
As founder of the All-Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and leader of the Bolshevik coup d'état (1917), Vladimir Lenin created the Soviet Union. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.
Along with Karl Marx, Lenin created the communist worldview.

Sources:
- Wikipedia article
- Article on Vietnam+
- Biography on Britannica

URL of the statue: Not listed

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