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Piece of history

© Renata Gusciora

Piece of history

Uploaded: April 20, 2010 05:43:16

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Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917 and fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War. He worked to create a socialist economic system and his extensive theoretic and philosophical developments of Marxism produced Marxism–Leninism.
There were many monument of Lenin in the Soviet Union. With its dissolution in 1991 many of them were destroyed. This happened even earlier in the European post-Communist states and in the Baltic states. However,there are still places where you can find statues of Lenin and some new even have been erected.
I was very surprised when I found this old one near the museum in Narva, Estonia.

Comments

Bojan Bencic level-classic April 20, 2010

Great POV and piece of history captured, Renata. Like the composition with the window. #1260708

Jean-Pierre Ducondi April 20, 2010

Excellent rendering and composition. Well done Renata.
JP
Thanks for the history details. #8553723

Mariann Kovats level-classic April 20, 2010

Great POV and capture, Renata! Very nice comp. #8553797

Daniella Puente April 20, 2010

Great documentary impact Renata, well captured! #8554699

John Connolly April 20, 2010

A wonderful capture of this imposing statue, Renata! The textures and lighting are awesome! #8554933

Lindley Johnson level-classic April 20, 2010

I love everything about this image, Renata! The light, tones, textures, POV, and composition are all terrific. Thanks for the history, too. #8555392

Patrick Rouzes level-classic April 20, 2010

Fantastic clarity, tones, textures, pov, b/g & comp here, Renata! Thanks for the history refresher course! Amazing work, as always, my friend! WTG! #8555622

David Phalen April 20, 2010

Terrific POV, tones and textures!! #8555873

David Van Camp April 20, 2010

Cool capture of such an imposing and controversial figure, baby! :) #8556632

Barbara Waldoch April 21, 2010

Lovely composition and capture, Renata!
Congratulations on your win! #8556984

Joanna Madloch April 21, 2010

I love the picture despite of the subject ;) It's amazing that they still keep him there, especially in Estonia. Was it something like "museum of communism" there? #8559418

Renata Gusciora April 21, 2010

Yes,I was surprising seeing this statue in Estonia.It wasnt really exposed like a part of a museum display or anything.It was rather in the corner next to the museum and museum itself doesnt have anything to do with communism. #8559481

Joanna Madloch April 21, 2010

Thanks, Renata. I just thought people in former Soviet Union had too much fun putting these statues down to miss this one ;) I came across some of them in Kozlowka last summer, but I still can't see them as neutral or just objects of (questionable) aesthetics. #8559621

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