Monument to Lenin in Kostroma, the only and unique

On May 1, 1928, a monument to Vladimir Lenin (Ulyanov) was opened in Kostroma.

How many sculptural images of the leader stood in the USSR – no one counted, their name was Legion. But in Kostroma, his concrete sculpture was installed on pedestalIt was founded 15 years earlier by Nicholas II and his family.

Celebrations were planned for 1927 for the tenth anniversary of October, but the royal pedestal of Finnish granite was too strong. The newspaper wrote that “the joy of the opening of the monument to Kostroma workers in the solemn October days did not have to experience”.

On May 1, around 25,000 people gathered in the park. There were speeches and welcome telegrams. The Red Army took the oath, the troops marched in parade.

- The reaction to the monument among Kostromichs, of course, was mixed. One of the witnesses to its discovery recalled that she and her friends did not like the concrete figure of Lenin, and they, standing in the festive crowd, discussed with each other: could not the statue be made of marble and that “tsars were better monuments”. As for the leader’s hand facing east, the common people immediately began to say that Lenin was pointing to prison and that we would all be there. - such popular opinions were preserved by local historian Nikolai Zontikov.

Monument to Lenin included in the red route of author's walks"Kostroma at 15:15."And on a VR tour."Flight over Kostroma"You can see it from a bird's eye view.

According to the materials of the scientific consultant of the project “Kostroma at 15:15” candidate of cultural studies Larisa Sizintseva.