• PA-2655655. This photo shows children playing on the fallen statue of Vladimir Lenin in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Friday, Aug. 30, 1991.
  • But the city of Schwerin still has a Lenin statue, believed to be the last one in Germany. The mayor says it should stay because you can't erase history.
  • A court in a German city has ruled that the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) will be allowed to erect a statue of Vladimir Lenin.
  • As the monument of Lenin came down, many people cheered, as the former communist leader is seen by many in Ukraine as an undesired link with Moscow.
  • The placement of the sculpture, on the site where a Lenin statue had stood until 2014, can be considered an historical recompense, the artist believes.
  • A man with a sledgehammer smashes the toppled statue of Vladimir Lenin in central Kyiv, December.
  • Protests in Ukraine continued on Sunday, as hundreds of thousands reportedly gathered in Kiev and some pulled down a statue of Vladimir Lenin.
  • Riot police stand guard in front of a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Kiev December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov.
  • With the defeat of the Communist Party, the feelings finally found expression in the destruction of the statue of Lenin.