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Lenin is dead, his museum is Finnish – The Lenin Museum in Tampere
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In 1995 there was a disastrous earthquake in Sahalin which destroyed the town of Neftekamsk totally. Only Lenin's statue was saved and it now stands on even ground. Symbolic? When Finland became independent in December 1917, its civil war was won by the Whites aided by German troops. Lenin's Finnish connections were no longer officially remembered. The situation changed completely after the Second World War: The Lenin Museum in Tampere was founded on January 20th, 1946 by the Friendship Society of Finland and the Soviet Union (now called The Finland-Russia Society).
Title: Lenin is dead, his museum is Finnish – The Lenin Museum in Tampere
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In 1995 there was a disastrous earthquake in Sahalin which destroyed the town of Neftekamsk totally.
Only Lenin's statue was saved and it now stands on even ground.
Symbolic? When Finland became independent in December 1917, its civil war was won by the Whites aided by German troops.
Lenin's Finnish connections were no longer officially remembered.
The situation changed completely after the Second World War: The Lenin Museum in Tampere was founded on January 20th, 1946 by the Friendship Society of Finland and the Soviet Union (now called The Finland-Russia Society).
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