Lenin statue damaged by bomb blast
A bomb today blew a large hole in one of Russia’s best-known statues of Vladimir Lenin.
The blast hit the towering statue in the square outside Finland Station in St Petersburg.
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SUBSCRIBEA bomb today blew a large hole in one of Russia’s best-known statues of Vladimir Lenin.
The blast hit the towering statue in the square outside Finland Station in St Petersburg.
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