Unlike its neighbor to the south, Lithuania, Estonia has yet to establish a permanent home for its old Soviet monuments. One thing was certain, they couldn't stay in the plazas and squares after independence.
Always the star, a dominant Lenin.
The "Social Realist" sculptures are fantastic, idealized workers, more like cubist comic book heroes.
No doubt, some monuments come packing. Lying (lying) Stalin.
Welcome to the monument graveyard, a small area behind Tallinn's city history museum. Somehow the random array of discarded monuments is particularly pleasing in its present, scattered state. A trash heap of history, come alive.
A peek through a back fence.
Always the star, a dominant Lenin.
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Getting the Communist story in bits and pieces.
The "Social Realist" sculptures are fantastic, idealized workers, more like cubist comic book heroes.
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Lenin head. Or is there a giant body buried?
No doubt, some monuments come packing. Lying (lying) Stalin.
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Which allows for a poignant portrait.
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