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AFP Photo 22.04.2009, 09:51

No new outfit for Lenin’s birthday

The body of Vladimir Lenin, which lies in a public mausoleum in Red Square, usually gets a new suit every few years - but tough times mean he's going without new clothes for his 139th birthday.

22.04.2009, 11:31 10 comments

“Christ was the first communist” – Communist Party leader

Despite attempts to erase vestiges of the Soviet past, the Communist Party in Russia still has support. On the anniversary of the birth of its founder, Vladimir Lenin, RT talks to its current leader, Gennady Zyuganov.

02.04.2009, 15:35

Lenin image vandalized in Russia's south

A stone image of Lenin has been defaced in Pyatigorsk by unknown vandals

The damaged Lenin statue in St. Petersburg (AFP Photo / Elena Palm) 05.04.2009, 01:55

Lenin statues under attack

An epidemic of vandalism against monuments to Lenin appears to be spreading from Russia to Ukraine, where a Soviet era statue has been blown up.

16.07.2009, 13:41 1 comment

90 years in the life of Alexander Solzhenitsyn

A collection of the books and photographs of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the legendary Nobel Prize-winning Russian novelist, opens in the Russian capital in the State Literary Museum.

“Brother’s Kiss” (Drawing of Dmitry Vrubel picturing Brezhnev and Honecker) 
The inscription says: "God help me to survive this deadly love" 27.07.2009, 20:20

The collapse that changed the world

To mark the upcoming 20th anniversary of the historical event that has become the modern symbol of the victory of democracy, the Moscow House of Photography is opening the exhibition “Falling of the Berlin Wall.”

Photo by one of the Swedish winners, Andre Larsson. Image from si.se 14.08.2009, 14:00

Triple photo battle

An exhibition of works by wannabe photographers from Russia, Sweden and Ukraine has opened at the Swedish gallery “Kontrast" in Stockholm.

Photograph by James Hill 05.05.2010, 22:29

War veterans captured in photo

A British photographer has recorded the gamut of feelings and emotions written on the faces of Russian war veterans.

27.02.2010, 18:16

Russia’s oldest NGO marks 165th anniversary

One of the oldest NGO’s in Russia, the Russian Geographical Society, marks its 165th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the organization is holding activities to promote its work at home and abroad.

20.07.2009, 09:55

Historic kiss on the lips revived

The autumn of 2009 will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is now being renovated after years of decay, pollution and vandalism.

Lenin is with us

Published: 22 April, 2009, 13:28


On his 139th birthday, and eighty-five years after his death, Lenin still provokes a reaction.

 
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