MOSCOW - Moscow does not exactly want for colossal statues. Nothing says "Soviet Union" quite like the imposing "Worker and Collective Farm Girl," with its hammer, sickle, forward stride and idealized physiques; or Lenin glowering down on the capital, albeit now staring at a Burger King.
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A monument of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in seen under repair in St. Petersburg on March 2, 2010.
