458:, acknowledging that "we are supposed to be amused" by the "hippie whimsy" of a Soviet symbol in the middle of an American city, said that seeing the statue cannot help but remind us of the killing and repression Lenin inspired. But Berger reflected that perhaps the meaning of this Soviet relic is the opposite, that it is "a trophy of Western triumphalism", representing the victory over communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall. By removing the statue from its original context where it was meant to keep the Slovak people in awe, given a new context where it oppresses no one and is used entirely in the service of free enterprise and profit making. Berger goes on to compare the Lenin statue with Native American
367:, found the hollow monumental statue lying in a scrapyard with a homeless man living inside it. The Lenin statue was waiting to be cut up and sold for the price of the bronze. Carpenter had met and befriended Venkov in an earlier visit to Czechoslovakia. Carpenter's initial interest in buying the statue was to preserve it for its historic and artistic merit. Later he intended to use it to attract customers for an ethnic Slovak restaurant he wanted to open in Issaquah.
391:(equivalent to US$ 80,000 in 2023). Carpenter financed much of that by mortgaging his home. The statue arrived in Issaquah in August 1993, and Carpenter planned to install it in front of a Slovak restaurant. He died in a car collision in February 1994, during public debates on whether to display the statue in Issaquah that ended in rejection from the suburb's residents. After Carpenter's death, his family planned to sell the statue to a Fremont
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Seattle City Council was considering debating a symbolic resolution on removing the Lenin statue and the Confederate memorial, though the city government has no power to remove either against the wishes of the owners, since neither monument, nor the properties they are on, are
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The statue's hands are often painted (and repainted) red to protest what critics perceive as the glorification of what they see as a historical villain who has blood on his hands. The Taco del Mar restaurant, one of the retail property's tenants, constructed a monumental-scale burrito wrapped in foil
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that if any of the bill's sponsors actually lived in the
Seattle area, she would have invited them to come to Fremont to discuss it, and she would have reminded them that the government does not have the authority to remove privately owned artwork on private property. One of the bill's sponsors said
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to be melted down and repurposed into a new piece. The foundry's founder, Peter Bevis, sought instead to display the statue in
Fremont, and agreed to have the Fremont Chamber of Commerce hold the statue in trust for 5 years or until a buyer was found. The statue was unveiled on June 3, 1995, at the
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there, and ask for its removal. On August 17, Murray added that he believed the Lenin statue should go as well, because we should "not idolize figures who have committed violent atrocities and sought to divide us", though he was aware the Lenin statue was also on private property. In the following
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Fremont. It has become a local landmark, frequently being either decorated or vandalized. The statue has sparked political controversy, including
375:(equivalent to US$ 30,000 in 2023). After bureaucratic hurdles, he signed a contract with the Mayor of Poprad on March 16, 1993. The Mayor then began to reconsider, and asked the City Council to vote on the sale. After voting to approve it, the Poprad council reconsidered and asked the
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called "a very clear case of theft". Berger said the story of victory of one culture over another told by the totem pole, or the Lenin statue, make it "an icon, but if you know the story, a complicated one."
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1313:"Five Lenin statues in unexpected places"
430:(equivalent to US$ 290,000 in 2023).
1380:Ukrainian Independent Information Agency
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1953:American Doughboy Bringing Home Victory
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1215:Wright, Robin K. (November 19, 2015).
1196:from the original on November 10, 2017
958:Bjorhus, Jennifer (October 18, 1996).
922:de Leon, Ferdinand M. (June 1, 1995).
891:Fülöpp, Tomáš J. (February 24, 1994).
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829:"ObrovskĂ˝ Lenin putuje ako skladaÄŤka"
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1410:"Zomrel významný sochár Emil Venkov"
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1120:from the original on August 7, 2020
658:Murakami, Kery (December 3, 2004).
639:from the original on August 6, 2018
486:, the statue was made to look like
442:– freedom to be peculiar. Like the
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872:from the original on May 31, 2016
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1977:Black Lives Matter street mural
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899:(in Slovak). Poprad, Slovakia.
860:"A Seattle That Won't Blend In"
858:White, Dan (October 30, 2008).
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271:dissolution of the Soviet Union
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1966:Birthplace of Seattle Monument
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1184:"Icons we could do without"
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1690:Lenin of Poprad: The Story
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2108:Historic Chinatown Gate
1941:Adjacent, Against, Upon
1789:Fremont Solstice Parade
893:"Zahynul Lew Carpenter"
478:A glowing Soviet-style
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2128:International Fountain
2055:Fountain of Reflection
2027:Dancer's Series: Steps
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1947:AIDS Memorial Pathway
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2048:Fountain of Creation
2020:Dancer with Flat Hat
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1628:(January 25, 2019).
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365:Issaquah, Washington
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185:47.6514°N 122.3510°W
2741:Graffiti in Seattle
2536:Seattle Cloud Cover
2405:Waterfront Fountain
2377:Untitled Totem Pole
2007:Centennial Fountain
1697:"The Seattle Lenin"
1566:. August 16, 2017.
1531:The Washington Post
1478:(August 16, 2017).
897:Podtatranské noviny
540:The Washington Post
267:revolutions of 1989
247:Seattle, Washington
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2514:Persephone Unbound
2121:Impatient Optimist
2069:Fountain of Wisdom
1695:Roadside America,
1673:Visual arts portal
1182:(April 19, 2011).
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2175:Made in USA
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1509:November 7,
1384:RIA Novosti
488:John Lennon
460:totem poles
428:US$ 150,000
424:US$ 250,000
188: /
176:122°21′04″W
162:Coordinates
91:Emil Venkov
2783:Categories
2451:Curve XXIV
2413:Waterworks
1994:Black Sun
1908:Public art
1811:Local Tide
1646:August 19,
1542:August 20,
1476:Murray, Ed
1460:August 16,
1424:August 17,
1264:August 17,
1231:August 17,
1200:August 17,
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714:August 17,
676:October 2,
603:References
579:KUOW radio
567:Republican
389:US$ 40,000
373:US$ 13,000
173:47°39′05″N
141:Dimensions
2702:Jim Owens
2687:Don James
2606:sculpture
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