Siberian city unveils statue of Lenin in style of computer game Minecraft

(28 Nov 2017) The Russian city of Krasnoyarsk has a new monument - a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the style of the computer game Minecraft.
The two-meter-high monument made of cardboard was erected by artists Aleksander Zakirov and Ivan Tuzov from the group "City Stories".
It's displayed in front of the Krasnoyarsk Museum in Siberia which hosts many Lenin exhibits.
The cardboard statue of Lenin imitates monuments of him found in many other Russian cities - a towering Lenin atop a pedestal with a raised arm.
However this particular depiction of the most famous Bolshevik has caused outrage among local Communists.
The leader of the Communist Party in Krasnoyarsk called the statue 'a blasphemy' and demanded it be demolished.
"To me, such kind of reaction was shocking," said Aleksander Zakirov, one of the Minecraft Lenin creators.
"I would never have thought that politicians would care about an art object. It's just a cardboard monument, not a real one."
The cardboard statue won't be on display for much longer. The artists say it will soon be dismantled ahead of the snowy Siberian winter.

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