Apparently there’s a tradition in Russia that involves decorating/desecrating/mocking the ubiquitous statues of Lenin on April Fools Day, and this one in particular is in a class by itself. From the excellent website English Russia:
And so, on April Fool’s Day they made Lenin Fart Day, with putting 300 gram TNT explosives inside the monument that was located in very busy city square of seven million population Russian city.
Then at designated hour they heard a boom. Be sure it was heard by hundreds or even thousands of passers by as this unfortunate Lenin statue was right in front of St. Petersburg’s railway station.
The consequences might be very rough for the ones who made this happen, but it is still unclear have they been found or not.
Other examples of anti-Lenin pranks can be found here.
Oh yeah. This is a shamelessly open thread.
Tags: April Fools Day, Communism, Lenin, mockery, Russia, statue, vandalism
