The Lenin Museum in Tampere, Finland—the only museum outside Russia dedicated to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin—closed officially on Nov. 3. A new political museum at the same site will open on Feb. 15, ...

After nearly 80 years in operation, the Lenin Museum in Tampere, Finland, closed its doors on Sunday. The Lenin Museum in Tampere.Photo: M62, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The museum, which ...

A city in southeastern Finland removed the country’s final public statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin on Tuesday amid increasing pressure from citizens over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Photo Credit: The Lenin Museum in Ulan Bator, before it was turned into a dinosaur museum and after it was turned into a mobile phone shop. Flickr.com / felibrilu Once he bestrode his world, lending ...

Tampere's Lenin Museum has attracted an exceptional number of visitors ahead of its closure this autumn. A total of 3,351 people visited the museum in Tampere in July, which is the museum's highest ...

Welcome to the most hated museum in Finland.” This is not the usual greeting from the director of a museum, but Kalle Kallio is facing an uphill battle to keep his in existence. It is not surprising ...

According to the report, the New Museum of Relations with the East will open on the same premises on February 15, 2025 HELSINKI, April 23. /TASS/. The museum dedicated to Vladimir Lenin in the Finnish ...

Scenes from the viral video depicting members of the Blue Rider group dousing Lenin’s Mausoleum with holy water. (via Грани.Ру”s YouTube channel) This week, two men made headlines when they doused the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The ex-Soviet Baltic states may have museums devoted to the Stalinist era but neighbouring Finland is home to the world's only permanent ...

Crowds are sparse these days at the world's biggest Lenin museum in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk, which has fences round it to protect visitors after several massive panels dropped off its facade. A ...