Alina Bykova (@thearcticfile): "Did you know that there’s a Russian mining colony in the Norwegian Arctic? Read about its Soviet roots here!"

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Did you know that there’s a Russian mining colony in the Norwegian Arctic?

Read about its Soviet roots here!

The world’s northernmost Lenin statue isn’t found in a post-Soviet state. It’s in Arctic Norway. Just 700 miles from the North Pole, Comrade Lenin has a scenic perch on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago

Alina Bykova

Apr 11

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5:49 PM

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