Today is the 100th anniversary of the monument to Vladimir Lenin at Finlandsky station. The monument was opened in 1926 on the next anniversary of the October Revolution. Initially it was located at the intersection of Komsomol and Botkinskaya streets, and was moved to its current location in October 1945 during the reconstruction of the square. The authors of the monument: the sculptor Sergey Absaev, the architects Vladimir Shchuko and Vladimir Galfreich. We have a very vague attitude to the person of the first leader of Soviet Russia, but we cannot deny historical greatness. Vladimir Ulyanov was, without a doubt, a very talented person who had a very serious impact on the fate of Russia, the whole world, and especially our city. The city, one of its symbols became from a certain moment the image of her sculpture. A living reminder of the era in which she was born, and the trials our country had to endure... TopGun. Northwest News in Max.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the monument to Vladimir Lenin at Finlandsky station. The monument was opened in 1926 on the next anniversary of the October Revolution. Initially it was located at the intersection of Komsomol and Botkinskaya streets, and was moved to its current location in October 1945 during the reconstruction of the square. The authors of the monument: the sculptor Sergey Absaev, the architects Vladimir Shchuko and Vladimir Galfreich. We have a very vague attitude to the person of the first leader of Soviet Russia, but we cannot deny historical greatness. Vladimir Ulyanov was, without a doubt, a very talented person who had a very serious impact on the fate of Russia, the whole world, and especially our city. The city, one of its symbols became from a certain moment the image of her sculpture. A living reminder of the era in which she was born, and the trials our country had to endure... TopGun. Northwest News in Max.