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People are happy to see "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" back on its place

Published: 17 November 2010

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Second life given to the great Socialist statue

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Unveiling Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument after reconstruction

Soviet sculpture by Vera Mukhina installed with a special crane

Soviet Art Deco style sculpture back on its place

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Symbols of the Soviet state - sickle and hammer

The restored Soviet statue's new 34.5-meter-tall pedestal-pavilion, inside of which there will be a museum

Observing the opening of the munument

Second life given to the great Socialist statue

People are happy to see

Entrance to the newnew 34.5-meter-tall pedestal-pavilion under the Soviet monument

Socialist monument after 6 years of reconstruction

The unique monument symbolising the power of the Soviet state

Reinstalled sculpture at the opening ceremony in December 2009

Solemn opening of the symbolic Soviet monument

Overview of VDNKH and the newly installed monument of

The sculpture that originally crowned the Soviet pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair

Fireworks in the night sky of Moscow

Spectacular fireworks over

Lights over the newly opened monument

People are happy to see "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" back on its place

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