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1. Bulgakov Canceled

Russians react to the demolition of a monument to the famous writer in Kyiv.

Tags: war in ukraine, kyiv, russian literature, museums, monuments, sculpture, kiev, bulgakov
2. HBD, Famous Orb

The iconic and wacky Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod turns 160 this month.

Tags: monuments, history, Veliky Novgorod
3. A Monument to The Alien

Alien or art? Scary sculptures are invading Kurgan. 

Tags: monuments, street art, art, movie
4. Security, Ships, and Spooky Sand

This week, boats take to land; dogs get the recognition they deserve; and human bones are found in an unlikely place.

Tags: monuments, navy, khabarovsk, dogs, Siberia, putin
5. Punk Rock Lenin

A Lenin statue in Russia's Far East temporarily sported a new 'do.

Tags: cities, history, ussr, Internet, Russian Far East, monuments, lenin
6. New Trams, Old Memes, and New Monuments for Old Villages

This week's Odder News features monuments for dead villages, ancient memes, and a mirror for Putin.

Tags: putin, Moscow, film, Internet, monuments, environment, transport, lgbt, village, Siberia
7. Well, Well, Well...

A Siberian village names a well after a Soviet hero.

Tags: monuments, Siberia, world war ii, history, Victory Day
8. A Russian Eiffel Tower

If you build it, they will come. Well, they would, if they weren't all practicing social distancing.

Tags: health, monuments, city life, architecture, Urals
9. The Government Inspector Gets a Monument

A town in Volgograd Oblast prepares to welcome Gogol's Inspector... again.

Tags: Volgograd, culture, monuments, towns, literature, Gogol
10. Russian History in 13 Unusual Memorials

A time-travelling tour of Russia from aristocats to nosy bureaucrats

Tags: Yekaterinburg, murmansk, cheese, great patriotic war, novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, samara, cat, elizabeth, peter the great, kopeck, wooly mammoth, Gogol, monuments, Memorial

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