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Lenin!
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Ulan Ude, which is situated east of the Lake Baikal and the capital of the Buriatia region, has the largest Lenin monument in all of Russia. It is about 5 meters high, made of bronze and based on the main square. Our guide book told us that it was erected in 1970 (because of Lenin's 100th birthday). The city decided to replace the very many small Lenin statues all over town with this massive one instead but the city's inhabitants were not very happy with the size of this one after it was put there. However, also no-one called for de-installing it again either ;)
I was really surprised that I could not find a single photo of Ulan Ude on TE yet, it is quite an interesting place. I heard that many tourists travelling to the Lake Baikal only go as far as Irkutsk and then usually head on to Vladivostok but not many make it to the Eastern part of the lake. However, for a "real Russian-Asian experience" in the Baikal region I would recommend visiting the Eastern part as it is a very unique region. |
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That's what we may call "a big head" ! The statue is almost in the center of the frame and it gives a good symmetry picture, soemthing that may enhance the size of this head and show how it invades all the cityscape. Nice idea to have someone passing by as a scale.
Izo
Hi Ulrike,
Impressive portrait, well taken with an interesting symetric effect for this building in the background.
Hello Ulrike
I like the way you have centered the statue as well as the monotony of the blue colour throughout, this looks like a soviet era postcard
well seen
Regards
Daniel
Hello again:)
traditional soviet monument, he-he. Still now we have a lot of them. Time to time it's a good model for photographers;)
Julia
Wow - Nice shot of a biggest Lenin head in the world. Good POV. Good sky. Good frame. Thanks for sharing. Unfortunatelly when I was in Ulan Ude I didn`t have a digital camera. Best regards! Andrzej
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