Going beyond my collections of
Lenins and
Stalins, I've started sampling other statuary.
The wily Heydar Aliyev was in turn a KGB general, a Soviet Politburo member, a disgraced exile, and the driving force behind modern Azerbaijan.
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| Astara, Azerbaijan (2011)
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Astrakhan, Russia (2011)
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Baku, Azerbaijan (2011)
Decorated for a garden festival.
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Balakan, Azerbaijan (2014)
On a hill, overlooking Heydar Aliyev Park
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Igdir, Turkey (2014)
Just over the border from Nakhchivan.
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Nakhchivan (2014)
In his home town, outside the Heydar Aliyev Museum.
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Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan (2014)
Shown as a hero of the Soviet Union.
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| Sheki, Azerbaijan (2014)
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| Zaqatala, Azerbaijan (2014)
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey.
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| Adana, Turkey (2010)
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| Ankara, Turkey (2010)
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| Ankara, Turkey (2010)
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| Antakya, Turkey (2010)
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| Diyarbakir, Turkey (2012)
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| Eceabat, Turkey (2014)
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| Igdir, Turkey (2014)
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Samsun, Turkey (2010)
A striking, well executed, giant head.
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Samsun, Turkey (2010)
Commemorating Mustafa Kemal's landing in 1919 to launch his national movement.
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| Samsun, Turkey (2010)
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| Trabzon, Turkey (2010)
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| Trabzon, Turkey (2010)
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| Trabzon, Turkey (2010)
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| Van, Turkey (2014)
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| Bogota, Colombia (2014)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (2015)
On a very rainy day, unfortunately.
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| Caracas, Venezuela (2014)
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Caracas, Venezuela (2014)
Cardboard figure of child as Bolivar. Apparently part of New Year decorations.
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| Cartagena, Colombia (2014)
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| Havana, Cuba (2014)
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| Panama City, Panama (2014)
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| Quito, Ecuador (2015)
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| Barcelona, Spain (2017)
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| Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010)
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| Cartagena, Colombia (2014)
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| Havana, Cuba (2014)
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The great Yuri Gagarin, the First Cosmonaut.
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| Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (2010)
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Moscow (2013)
On a 40 meter titanium column, overlooking Gagarin Square
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Moscow (2010)
At the Monument to the Conquerors of Space
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| Rostov, Russia (2010)
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Saratov, Russia (2014)
At the Vostok-1 landing monument.
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The demigod Sergei Korolev, the Chief Designer of the Soviet space program.
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| Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (2010)
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| Korolev City, Russia (2013)
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Moscow (2010)
At the Monument to the Conquerors of Space
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Zhytomyr, Ukraine (2014)
On Korolov Square, in his birth city.
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Zhytomyr, Ukraine (2014)
Outside the Cosmos Museum
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The Argentinian national hero and South American Liberator, José de San Martín.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010)
Plazo de Mayo
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010)
Plaza San Martin
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| Cordoba, Argentina (2010)
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| Corrientes, Argentina (2011)
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| Lima, Peru (2007)
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| Mendoza, Argentina (2010)
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| Rosario, Argentina (2010)
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| Santa Fe, Argentina (2011)
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| Quito, Ecuador (2015)
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| Ushuaia, Argentina (2015)
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I have a large collection of
Lenins and a smaller one of
Stalins, but outside of sculpture gardens (such as the
Tretyakov), other Soviet leaders are hard to find. So I was pleased to find Leonid Brezhnev posing casually in Novorossiysk, but quite unnerved to find Felix Dzherzhinsky still menacing the station square in Saratov. Ekaterinburg (from 1924-91
Sverdlovsk) still remembers Yakov Sverdlov.
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| Brezhnev, Novorossiysk, Russia (2011)
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| Dzerzhinsky, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2016)
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Dzerzhinsky, Saratov, Russia (2014)
Dominating the train station.
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Dzerzhinsky, Minsk, Belarus (2008)
Opposite Belarus KGB headquarters.
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Dzerzhinsky, Naryn, Kyrgyzstan (2016)
Outside local Police HQ
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Dzerzhinsky, Perm, Russia (2018)
An enormous, sinister, black bust.
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| Kalinin, Almaty (2016)
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| Kalinin, Kalinigrad (2018)
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| Sverdlov, Ekaterinburg (2018)
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| Sverdlov, Ekaterinburg (2013)
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Sverdlov, Lenin & Dzerzhinsky. Ulyanov, Russia (2013)
Lurking inside the Lenin Museum, in Lenin's hometown.
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| Hafez al-Assad, Aleppo, Syria (2010)
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| Hafez al-Assad, near Homs, Syria (2010)
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Mao, Hotan, China (2008)
Mao and a Loyal Peasant
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| Mao, Kashgar, China (2008)
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Ferdinand Magellan, Punta Arenas, Chile (2015)
On the Strait of Magellan
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| Mariscal Sucre, Quito, Ecuador (2015)
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Stalins
