VLADIVOSTOK: A HISTORIC WALKING TOUR 

  TRAIN STATION SQUARE

LENIN MONUMENT

   Unveiled in 1930, the Lenin Monument stood at first in the center of Train Station Square.  It   was moved up the hill and placed on a larger pedestal in 1970 in connection with the national celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lenin. There is an interesting connection between Vladivostok’s monument to Lenin and an identical statue in St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, all the way across the vast country.  Finished three years earlier than the Vladivostok Lenin, the Leningrad Lenin stands in front of Smolny which served as the headquarters of the October Revolution in 1917.  The sculptor, V. Kozlov, was able to utilize the same forms for both monuments.

     The attitude of the citizens to the various Lenin monuments in Russia is extremely controversial.  There were far too many such statues in every city of the former USSR, and Vladivostok was not an exception in this respect.  However,

                                                             BI, 1998
                                                         
                                   

comparing the different Lenin monuments in Vladivostok we must admit that this one is the best and should be preserved for posterity.

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