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There is controversial landmark statue of Lenin before Finland Station in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The attitude toward event statue present completely depend on ones assessment of events 1917 in Russia – was it war enemies agents inspired riot or socialist revolution paved for whole world to bright future. The creators of the statue was told to chose Revolution interpretation. Later on facts put this interpretation had happened under question but statue is too big and accustomed to public to get the same fate as Dzerzhinsky monument in front of secret police building in Moscow after August 1991 coup.Feb. 24, 2020; 09:29 EST