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Giant Tribute to Lenin Found on Google Earth

by Terrence O'Brien on September 9, 2008 at 10:45 AM

Giant Tribute to Lenin Found in Google Maps
It must be sad when you spend all sorts of time and effort on something and no one notices for over 30 years. The woodcutters who created the massive tribute to Lenin have probably long since forgotten about their handiwork, which is a shame since only now is it being appreciated by a wider audience. The Telegraph reports that it was recently discovered by the blog EnglishRussia via Google Earth, and the message -- made up of trees -- was carved into the Siberian backwoods, near Kazakhstan.

The roughly 262 foot tall letters spell out "Lenin is 100," celebrating the communist leader's birthday in 1970. 38 years later, the letters are still perfectly clear and readable.

Why exactly the tribute was carved into a remote forest that no one will see is still a bit of a mystery, but some have speculated that it was a message intended to be picked up by American spy satellites. [From: Telegraph]

Tags: communism, google maps, GoogleMaps, lenin, russia, soviet union, SovietUnion

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