On August 29, communists and Komsomol members of Belgorod gathered in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after V.I. Lenin to lay flowers at the newly erected monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, which returned to its historical place after five years.
“This day is of great importance for all who remember and honor our history,” said Valery Shevlyakov, First Secretary of the BRO CPRF Committee. “The return of the monument to V.I. Lenin is not just the restoration of the monument, it is an act of restoring historical memory and justice. For us, Lenin was and remains a symbol of the struggle for social equality and justice. We are grateful to everyone involved in this important event.”
The monument, previously dismantled, was completely renovated. Instead of the previous sculpture made of architectural concrete, a new one, cast in bronze, was installed. The monument is installed on a solid reinforced concrete pedestal, faced with granite.
This event has become significant for those who honor historical heritage. The return of the monument to the central park symbolizes the preservation of the memory of a key figure in the history of our country.
Seeing these monuments/statues being put up does give me a lot of feelings, mostly positive but also confusion due to the current government and Putin being anti-communist. I hope more of them are brought back, especially ones of Stalin as he had some amazing statues that unfortunately got torn down.
Whenever I see the accusation of Putin and his gov’t being anti-communist, I feel that the accuser expect a gov’t that acts like a Western country such as the vast number of European countries that banned communism from symbols to organizations or a global south anticommunist puppet gov’t such as the fascist dictatorships that existed in the past century in Latin America or the Indonesian gov’t that was described in the Jakarta Method book that massacred communist comrades.
I feel that it will be very helpful if people in the West see Russia with a different light which is that anticommunism is not as strong as it was in the Yeltsin era and it is slowly becoming weaker by the day as shown by plenty of Grassroot organizations popping up in Russia that look for more closeness with Actually existing socialist countries. If you want example of these grassroot orgs, let me know and I can share with you some posts that I have collected in c/Russia.
I completely agree with you, I also want people in the west to start viewing Russia differently and these initiatives do help in that regard. I guess I was a bit puzzled as Putin himself is not a fan of communism at all from what I can remember.
I would really appreciate any posts you’d like to share as I am very interested in what’s going on in Russia.
Sure, let me share what I have collected so far that shows clear signs that incredible things are happening within Russia:
Over four years, more than 63,000 people have become party members, with most of the new recruits being young people under 30 and “people of prime working age.”
“We are now seeing not just nostalgia for the past, but a conscious choice by millions of citizens in favor of the socialist path of development,”
We restored all ties with the Communist Parties of China, Vietnam, the DPRK, with India, with the Arab countries, with Latin America, with Cuba, with Venezuela, with Nicaragua.
The expansion and astronomical growth of grassroot movements like the Inmortal Regiment. This movement grew so large that plenty of countries around the world organized a similar march. It started small until it grew in a international movement.
The imperialist siege intensified and forced Russia to look elsewhere which lead to their economy into allying with plenty of the global south. This allowed more cultural/ideological exchanges with China and the DPRK.
Victory day Grassroot parade where people drive with the USSR flags.
“Our tourists are older people who want to return to the USSR because they feel that the real North Korea is similar to what it was like in the USSR. At the same time, there is a growing demand among young people.”
Result of a Grassroot org to make Russian schoolchildren go to the DPRK. Russian Schoolchildren’s Camping Group were briefed about the benefits of the socialist educational system enjoyed by the DPRK students
Vladimir Putin praised the work of the CPRF in preserving [Soviet] memory and establishing partnerships in the world.
Far from toppling statues, Russia puts up new monuments to Stalin
(This trend didn’t go unnoticed even by lib newsmedia) In May 2021, 56 percent of Russians polled by the independent Levada Center agreed that Stalin was a “great leader” — double the figure in 2016, when the Stalinization of mass consciousness had already been a clear trend for several years.