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Friday, September 5, 2008

Google Maps Friday Fun (Part 2)

100 years to Lenin
screen shot of Google Maps
It seems that 38 years ago in 1970 some Russian woodcutters decided to create a large tribute to Lenin to mark the centenary of the Communist leader's birth. The tribute can clearly be seen in Google Maps, each letter is nearly 8 meters high and the message stretches for about 600 metres.

Via: English Russia

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