A statue of Lenin in front of colourful clouds, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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A statue of Lenin in front of colourful clouds at sunset. Eight years after the country declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 the statue still looks over Ala Too Square, formerly Lenin Square, in the capital city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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Size: 5424px × 3594px
Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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