• A statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin outside an apartment complex in Schwerin, Germany.
  • PA-2655655. This photo shows children playing on the fallen statue of Vladimir Lenin in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Friday, Aug. 30, 1991.
  • 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.
  • With the defeat of the Communist Party, the feelings finally found expression in the destruction of the statue of Lenin.
  • Fremont, self-proclaimed "Center of the Universe," is the venue for America's largest statue honoring Lenin.
  • Riot police stand guard in front of a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Kiev December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov.
  • A man with a sledgehammer smashes the toppled statue of Vladimir Lenin in central Kyiv, December.
  • A 7-ton, 16-foot statue of Vladimir Lenin, the Russian communist revolutionary, stands outside a taco chain in the Fremont area of Seattle, Washington.