RSS 2.0 FeedLenin Gets It In The End
by Doug MataconisYou can’t help but appreciate this:
One of Russia’s most famous statues of Vladimir Lenin has been bombed, leaving the Bolshevik revolutionary with a gaping hole in his rear.
The bronze statue, in the city of St Petersburg, was badly damaged before dawn on Wednesday, when the blast blew a hole in Lenin’s coat.
No-one was hurt in the attack, the motive for which was unknown.
The statue, outside the Finland Station, marks the Bolshevik leader’s return from exile in April 1917.
“Today at 0430 [0030 GMT] there was an explosion at the Lenin monument at the Finland Station in the city centre,” a spokesman for the Saint Petersburg branch of the Russian emergency situations ministry told the AFP news agency.
“As a result of the explosion a crater of 80-100cm [31-39in] appeared on the monument,” he added.
Heh
H/T: Jason Pye
Thank you!
Comment by Merf — April 3, 2009 @ 1:28 pmSadly, this does not indicate the movement has ended.
Comment by Akston — April 3, 2009 @ 1:56 pmNo the movement has not ended, comrade. Power to the people and not the parasitic rich. Put the means of production in the hands of the producers!
Comment by Jack Alexander — April 6, 2009 @ 2:32 pm