Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue taken down
The monument to the Soviet patriarch will be replaced with a flagpole, authorities in Kyrgyzstan say.
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Kyrgyzstan
Country in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's over 7 million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians.
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