Statue of Lenin

The statue of Lenin, in Hanoi

The statue of Lenin is a great bronze statue erected at the beginning of the 1980s on a square of Hanoi, one of the last of Asia dedicated to the Russian revolutionary. The Hanoi audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this monument of Marxism-Leninism, founder of the Soviet Union, and the historic link between socialist Vietnam and the USSR.

The monument to the founder of the USSR

On this square, it is Lenin who is represented by this great bronze statue. It was erected at the beginning of the 1980s to commemorate the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin. A Russian revolutionary and politician, Lenin is the founder of the Bolshevik Party and the main leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917, that led to the fall of the imperial regime of the tsars. He then became the first leader of the Soviet Union, laying the foundations of a socialist State based on Marxism-Leninism, an ideology that profoundly influenced numerous revolutionary movements across the world, including that of Vietnam. The statue thus testifies to the close historic links between Vietnam and the Soviet Union, that brought an important support to the country during the war and the reconstruction. Represented standing in a resolute attitude, the coat open, Lenin dominates the square that bears his name, in the Ba Đình district, near the citadel and the museum of military history. Become rare in Asia, where most of these monuments have disappeared, this statue is a testimony of the political history of the twentieth century. The square that surrounds it is a place of promenade and relaxation much frequented by the inhabitants, especially at the end of the day. A commemorative statue and a memory of socialism, the statue of Lenin is a stop of the discovery of Hanoi.

What to see

Here you discover a great bronze statue of Lenin, erected at the beginning of the 1980s for the one hundred and tenth anniversary of his birth, one of the last of Asia; founder of the Bolshevik Party, leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and first leader of the USSR, Lenin is represented standing, coat open, on a square of the Ba Đình district, testimony of the links between socialist Vietnam and the Soviet Union. The statue of Lenin is a monument of Hanoi. It is a stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The statue of Lenin lies on Lenin Square, in the Ba Đình district, in Hanoi, near the citadel and the museum of military history, reachable on foot. It is an open-air statue, freely visible, in the centre of a square much frequented at the end of the day. You discover it during a walk in the district.

Why is there a statue of Lenin in Hanoi?

Because it testifies to the close historic links between socialist Vietnam and the Soviet Union; erected at the beginning of the 1980s for the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Lenin, founder of the Bolshevik Party, leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and first leader of the USSR, it is one of the last statues of this type in Asia, on a square of the Ba Đình district.

Where is the statue of Lenin in Hanoi?

On Lenin Square, in the Ba Đình district, in Hanoi, in Vietnam.