Kyrgyzstan shoots the highest statue of Lenin in Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan removed the huge statue of the revolutionary Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, who was considered the highest in Central Asia.

It was first erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, 50 years before it was quietly removed on a 23-meter monument, which rose above the city of Osh for 50 years before it was peacefully removed.

Appeared photos On Saturday, which shows the communist revolutionary – which is noticeably represented by Soviet iconography – lay on the back on the ground, lowering Crane.

Many former Soviet republics have recently sought to convert their national identity with less focus on previous ties with Russia, although local officials reduced the decision to move the statue.

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan will know about the risk of offending their ally, Russia, a week after the last submitted a brand new statue Another Soviet figure Joseph Stalin, in Moscow.

In a statement from the mayor’s office to Osh, the second largest city, which took the position of the capital, Bishkek said that this figure will be moved within the framework of “ordinary practice” aimed at improving the “architectural and aesthetic appearance” of the city.

He pointed to examples of Lenin statues that had previously been shot in Russia.

The statue will be replaced by the flagpoles, as it was in the case when another Lenin statue was moved to Bishek, local media reported.

Kyrgyzstan gained independence 34 years ago when the Soviet Union collapsed.

But reminders of his Soviet history can be found across the country, even where there are no statues. For example, his second mountain mountain is called Lenin Peak.