Karaganda - Coal miners monument
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Monument of two coal minders proudly holding a large chunk of coal above their head
Karaganda - Lenin statue
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Lenin statue in on square in the city centre of Karaganda
Karaganda - Lenin statue
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Hardly any Soviet monuments have been removed in Karaganda, Lenin's still stands proudly on the main square
Karaganda - Lenin statue
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A statue of Lenin with the famous Soviet writer Maxim Gorky
Karaganda - Eternal flame
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Eternal flame that is part of the Karaganda World War II monument in honor of the Hero's of the Soviet Union
Karaganda - Nurken Abdirov monument
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Monument to Nurken Abdirov, a Soviet pilot from Karaganda who deliberately crashed in a column of German tanks
Karaganda - Soviet soldiers monument
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Monument erected in honor of the Red Army soldiers who fought and died during World War II
Karaganda - BTR-16
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BTR-60 armored personnel carriers used as a war memorial and by children to play on
Karaganda - BTR-16
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The driver's station of the BTR-60 has been stripped of most of its parts, the steering wheel is still in place
Karaganda - World War II memorial
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Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi's invade the holy Soviet motherland with their tanks
Karaganda - World War II memorial
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Cities are bombed to ruble millions of innocent people die during the blitzkrieg
Karaganda - World War II memorial
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The Soviets start to fight back, partisans have just blown up a Nazi railway bridge
Karaganda - World War II memorial
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The Soviet air force attacks a German column of tanks, artillery and vehicles
Karaganda - World War II memorial
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The German 6th army is now surrounded inside Stalingrad, this is the beginning of the end for Hitler
Karaganda - World War II memorial
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1945, the Red Army has reached Berlin, artillery is shelling the Reichstag, Hitler commits suicide
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