VI Lenin in Balykchi – Kyrgyzstan

Posted on 04/08/2025 by Michael

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VI Lenin in Balykchi – Kyrgyzstan

This is an unusual monument to VI Lenin – or at least I haven’t seen anything similar.

Here we have an image of the head of Vladimir Ilyich in a metal frame that sits on the roof of a building on the edge of Balykchi.

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How it’s constructed I’m unable to say as I wasn’t able to get any closer than looking up from the street. Whether it’s possible to get up on the roof I also can’t say – bad planning meaning I was pushed for time and couldn’t investigate any options.

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The building is now a driving school but don’t know what it might have been during Soviet times which merited such a roof top decoration. The image appears to be in a good condition so someone must have taken care of the framework over the decades.

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(A lot of ‘unknowns’ here, sorry for the lack of any more information.)

Location;

The building is alongside the A363, on the western edge of the town, about 200m from, and on the same side as, the bus station.

GPS;

42.45146 N

76.17081 E

Moscow Metro – Ploshchad Ilyicha – Line 8

Posted on 19/07/2025 by Michael

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Moscow Metro – Ploshchad Ilyicha – Line 8

Ploshchad Ilyicha (Russian: Площадь Ильича) is a station on the Moscow Metro’s Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line. It was opened on 30 December 1979 as part of the line’s first stage.

It is named after the Ilyich Square (indirectly referring to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin by his patronymic). The square has since been renamed to Rogozhskaya Zastava Square.

The station is a deep-level pylon tri-vault design. The connotation of the location’s former name, influenced the architectural theme of the station realisation of Lenin’s ideas by architects L. Popov and V. Klokov and engineers Ye. Barsky and Yu. Murmotsev.

The station walls are faced with white koelga marble, which are punctuated by metallic artworks depicting the hammer and sickle. Thick cubic shaped pylons are faced with dark red marble seliyeti, ‘rest’ on a laboradorite socle. The floor is covered with red and grey granite, whilst lightning elements are mounted into a metallic carcass that is fixed to top of the vaults, a straight one for the central hall, and a zig-zagged shaped for the platform. At the rear of the central hall is a large bas-relief of Vladimir Lenin created by the People’s Artist of the USSR, Nikolai Tomsky.

The station’s vestibule, designed by architect I. Petukhova, is connected directly to the central hall by a three-escalator ascend, and is located underground under the Rogozhskaya Zastava square.

Text above from Wikipedia.

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Location;

Rogozhskaya Zastava Square

GPS;

55.7472°N

37.6824°E

Depth;

46 metres (151ft)

Opened;

30 December 1979

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Moscow Metro – Shosse Entuziastov – Line 8

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Shosse Entuziastov – Line 8

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Shosse Entuziastov (Russian: Шоссе Энтузиастов) is a Moscow Metro station on the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line. It is located between Aviamotornaya and Perovo stations.

The station is named after the Entuziastov Highway, under which it is located. The design theme of the station is the struggle for freedom during Russia’s history. Shosse Entuziastov station is decorated in various colours and shades of marble, with colours ranging from dark grey to yellow. Sculptures and pictures relating to revolutionary subjects adorn the walls. On the western end of the central hall there is a large sculpture – ‘Flame of Freedom’ – designed by A. Kuznetsov.

Text above from Wikipedia.