Vladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924). The monument in the city of Vitebsk is unique because it is Vitebsk citizens who immediately after the death of this great revolutionary, made a proposal to erect a monument to the leader of Socialism. So this is the first monument to the leader in full height in Belarus and one of the first in the USSR. It is still standing not touched by time on the city square. 1975. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies