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Saturday, October 07, 2006
Stalin's Tribute to Himself
During his last years, Stalin decided he wanted to build a gigantic statue in Prague to celebrate himself. Everyone in Prague HATED the statue, and it was destroyed just a few years after Stalin's death, even though Prague was still occupied by the Russians. It's massive and the people standing around the statue give you some sense of perspective.
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