http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/04/lenin-in-modern-russia/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/04/lenin-in-modern-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-2067 Dan Gillmor Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:32:31 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/04/lenin-in-modern-russia/#comment-2067 Not only have many of the Lenin statues remained up, in Ekaterinburg you'll also see the statue of Yakov Sverdlov, the Bolshevik leader who ordered the execution of the tsar and his family in 1918. Not only have many of the Lenin statues remained up, in Ekaterinburg you’ll also see the statue of Yakov Sverdlov, the Bolshevik leader who ordered the execution of the tsar and his family in 1918.

]]> http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/04/lenin-in-modern-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-2066 Rollo Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:34:07 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/10/04/lenin-in-modern-russia/#comment-2066 Interesting. So not all the Lenin statues came down then. Looking forward to reading the fuller writeup of the trip. Interesting. So not all the Lenin statues came down then. Looking forward to reading the fuller writeup of the trip.

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