Almaty, Kazakhstan, Nov 8, 2024 (AFP) - Wind of change: storm topples Lenin statue in Kazakhstan

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2024-11-08

A storm has toppled one of Central Asia's oldest Lenin statues and smashed it beyond repair, a local official in Kazakhstan said Friday. "On the night of 7 to 8 November, the Lenin monument was destroyed by gusts of wind that toppled a nearby fir tree," a cultural official in the ex-Soviet country's Pavlodar region told AFP. "As it fell from its pedestal, the statue was smashed into a thousand pieces and cannot be restored," said the official, Me......

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