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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ap Correspondent

Central Asia’s largest Lenin statue taken down to be replaced by flagpole

In Osh, Kyrgyzstan, authorities have dismantled a 75-foot statue of Vladimir Lenin, once believed to be the tallest of its kind in Central Asia.

Erected in 1975, when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, the monument's removal was captured in online photos on Saturday, showing the statue being lowered by a crane.

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