Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – On a recent morning a small group of pensioners gathered round a monument to Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in a far-flung corner of the bygone empire he helped found.The system he established disappeared from Kyrgyzstan in central Asia when the Soviet Union collapsed some 25 years ago but the Russian leader still draws a crowd of die-hards in the capital Bishkek each year to mark the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution.”The USSR was an opportunity to be part of a great power,” historian Emil Jumabayev told AFP in a separate interview. “Nowadays Lenin is …read more
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