Brandenburg
Until 1994, Wünsdorf, East Germany, was the headquarters of the Russian army during the Cold War. In front of the officer's residence, a statue of Lenin looks out over the overgrown parade square.
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Berlin
April 19, 1970. Almost 100 years after Lenin's birth, the GDR regime unveils a monument in honor of the Russian leader on Leninplatz in East Berlin.
Berlin
On November 11, 1945, just six months after the end of the Second World War, the Red Army erected a series of Soviet monuments in the German capital Berlin.
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