In an attempt to rebrand, Finland’s Lenin Museum—which its director describes as the “most hated” in the country will close its doors at the end of the year. This move comes as Finland’s historically good relations with Russia are deteriorating
All of Ukraine’s statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin should have been taken down under a law passed in 2015. But in three small villages, indomitable Lenins still hold out — due to lack of money for demolition, apathy, and, in one case, a road so bad they couldn’t get a crane to it