A few months ago I was in the Freemont area of Seattle for the Red Bull Soap Box derby. After the derby and walking around the neighborhood, I was surprised to see this tall statue of Lenin right smack in the middle of a US city. I took a picture and forgot about it. So as Martha and I walked around Freemont today, I shot another picture. If you are wondering why and how this sculpture made it's way to Seattle, you can find out more about it in Wikipedia.
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In Khazakhstan, there are many many many statues of Lenin and art from the soviet era. Not that the people miss it, (some do) but they don't have the money/will to take them down. There was an entire museum devoted to Lenin in Almaty, the capital, there. It's now called the "History Museum".
ps---My dad is a Luis Velazco!
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