- Built as the birthday present to Stalin on his 70th birthday, the Stalin Monument in Budapest has become the iconic scene of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956.
- The monument is long gone, but rubble from it is believed to remain behind the heavy doors that guard the underground space.
- A bust honoring Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was taken down a few days after its installation in a southern Russian city sparked backlash on social media.
- On 1 February, a monument to Joseph Stalin was pompously unveiled in Volgograd, just 120 metres away from a memorial commemorating victims of political...
- A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin will be put up in the southeast Ukrainian city of Zaporozhie ahead of May 9 Victory Day celebrations, the head of...
- Under cover of darkness, Georgia takes down a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin from the central square of his hometown.
- A new monument to Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the Russian city of Volgograd (previously Stalingrad) on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the...
- Under cover of darkness, Georgia takes down a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin from the central square of his hometown.
- The monument quickly became a liability after Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin’s successor as Soviet leader, denounced his predecessor’s crimes.
- Despite the timing, hundreds of locals watched the removal to the monument’s new home adjacent to the Josef Stalin Museum nearby.