Monument to Lenin

The monument to V.I. Lenin in the city of Bor, Nizhny Novgorod region is located near the DK "Teplohod" and is a standard five-meter plaster sculpture painted with silver and mounted on a gray cement pedestal.

The name of the author of this monument did not reach grateful descendants. However, among tourists, this sculpture is popular as a classic example of restyle, which occurred everywhere in the late thirties of the last century.

First of all, the pose and clothes that are quite atypical for the images of the leader of the world proletariat, more resembling a coat than the cloak that is familiar to us all, are striking. The stitches left when the leader's face was replaced are obvious. Everything falls into place, if you know that originally the sculpture depicted F. E. Dzerzhinsky. Therefore, the monument has not so much artistic as historical value - as a visual example of the impact of ideology on cultural objects.