Bernd 11/04/2019 (Mon) 17:32:12 No.31269 del
Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live
The only Lenin statue of our country which was commissioned in the 21st century: a remake (not a replica) of an old one which stood - well, sat - in a town of southern Hungary and what the whole country known as the "shitting Lenin".
The original had a background of three big concrete blocks with carvings depicting communist youth, workers and soldiers in similar style of ancient Egyptian murals. And Lenin himself was planned to sit in a majestic posture of the pharaohs. However it went a bit sideways and his pose reminded people of someone struggling with a bit of constipation. The regime change came, and he had to go with all the other relics of the past era.
This new one does his business up on the side of a museum dedicated to the years between 1945-1990. They wanted the original but the legal successor of the creator did not want that, and didn't agree to let them make a replica. So a very similar new one had to be made instead.

Below the links Bernd can find some more photos, of the original too.
https://index.hu/mindekozben/poszt/2019/11/02/szaro_lenin_szobra_otven_eve_mar_nagyban_keszult/
https://index.hu/kultur/2019/08/18/szaro_lenin_szobor_hodmezovasarhely/
https://www.kozterkep.hu/8140/lenin#