List of statues of Karl Marx

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Two centuries after his birth

German Democratic Republic.[2]

Germany

Location Main article Image Notes
Aken (Elbe)
Berlin Marx-Engels Forum The statues of Karl Marx (foreground) and his collaborator Friedrich Engels in Marx-Engels-Forum in reunited Berlin. In the background is the dome of the Berlin Cathedral.
Bust located on Strausberger Platz.
Karl Marx Memorial in Berlin-Stralau [de] This monument designed in 1964 is located in Berlin-Stralau, where Marx lived as a student in 1837.
Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Karl Marx Monument
 This famous 7.1m bust of Karl Marx, hewn from Ukrainian granite, is Chemnitz's most famous landmark.
1972 relief sculpture "Lob der Dialektik" (Praise of Dialectics) depicting Marx and Engels, forming part of a four-part monument based on the poems of Bertolt Brecht, modeled on designs by Joachim Jastram and located on Brückenstrasse.
Cologne Statues of Karl Marx (right) and Heinrich Becker (left) on the tower of Cologne City Hall
Coswig (Anhalt)
 Designed by Karl Kothe [de] and erected in 1958 on the 75th anniversary of Marx's death.
Dessau Erected in October 1984.
Döbeln
Dresden Karl Marx Monument (Dresden) [de] Installed on Unity Square (now Albertplatz) in 1953. It was ridiculed for its unusual proportions and was later demolished.
Frankfurt (Oder) Karl Marx Monument, Frankfurt (Oder) [de] Bust designed in 1968 by Arnd Wittig, located in Lennépark on Karl-Marx-Straße.
Fürstenwalde Karl Marx Monument (Fürstenwalde) [de] Originally installed in 1904 as a Bismarck monument, the stone was rededicated to Marx in the 1950s. It was renovated in 2003.
Gelsenkirchen Installed in front of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany's headquarters in Gelsenkirchen in 2022, alongside a statue of Vladimir Lenin installed in 2020.[3][4][5]
Leipzig Bronzerelief Aufbruch [de] A 1973
University of Leipzig but relocated in 2008.[6]
Neubrandenburg Karl Marx Monument (Neubrandenburg) [de] Originally stood from 1969-2001, reinstalled in a new location in 2018.
Neuruppin Designed by Fritz Cremer, erected in 1954.
Rathenow
Trier Created by Chinese artist Wu Weishan in 2018 and donated by China to Trier, the birthplace of Karl Marx.[7]
Werder (Havel)
Wernigerode Karl Marx Monument (Wernigerode) [de] Bust created by Rudolf Wewerka [de] and inaugurated on the 70th anniversary of Marx's death on November 7, 1953.
Wittenberge Inscribed with Marx's quote: "Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt euch" (Proletarians of all countries, unite).

Russia

Location Main article Image Notes
Arzamas
Balashikha Located on Krupeshina street.
Glazov
Kaliningrad
Kaluga Bust located on the corner of Lenin Street and Moscow Street.
Karl Marx Village, Saratov [ru] Located in a village named after Karl Marx near the city of Engels, Saratov Oblast.
Kopeysk Statue of Marx and Engels.
Kotovsk
Krasnodar
Marks
Mineralnye Vody
Moscow Karl Marx monument Located on Theatre Square near the Bolshoi[8]
Novaya Ladoga
Penza Bust of Marx atop a tall plinth, dismantled in 2011.[9]
Petrozavodsk Statue of Marx and Engels seated at the intersection of Karl Marx Avenue and Kuibyshev Street.
Rostov-on-Don Karl Marx Monument (Rostov-on-Don) Installed in Karl Marx Square in 1959 to replace a prior statue installed in 1925 that was destroyed during World War 2, which had itself replaced a monument to Catherine II demolished by the Bolsheviks.
Saint Petersburg Bust located at the Smolny Institute
Sobinka Completed in 1923
Stavropol
Tashir Large sculpture of Marx's head, located in the middle of Tashir in the
Republic of Buryatia.[10]
Tolyatti Bust located on Liberty Square[11][12][13]
Tula
Tver
Ulyanovsk Completed in 1920
Vyazma
Yaroslavl

Other countries

Country Location Image Description
 Belarus
Luninets
 Bust of Marx.
Vitebsk Bust of Marx.
 Bulgaria University of National and World Economy in Sofia Bust of Marx.
 China Fuxing Park, Shanghai Statue of Marx and Engels.
Compilation and Translation Bureau, Beijing Statue of Marx seated and Engels standing.[14][15]
Guangdong Province
 Relief sculpture of Marx and
Copernicus
.
 Czech Republic Karlovy Vary Karl Marx monument near the orthodox church of St. Peter and Paul.
Háj u Duchcova
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa University Relief sculpture of Marx's face, gifted by the government of East Germany to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ethiopian Revolution and establishment of the Derg.[16]
 Hungary Memento Park, Budapest Marx and Engels statue.
Corvinus University of Budapest Marx seated inside Corvinus University (formerly Karl Marx University), removed in 2014.
 India Kolkata, West Bengal Marx and Engels statue.[17]
 Italy Riccione Bust of Marx.
 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Statue of Marx and Engels seated in discussion.
 Lithuania Grūtas Park, Druskininkai Busts of Marx and Engels alongside Lenin, Dzerzhinsky and Stalin.
Statue of Marx.[18]
 Moldova Chișinău Bust of Marx
 Spain Kepa Enbeita Urretxindorra Square, Bilbao Busts of Marx and Lenin.[19]
 Turkey Middle East Technical University in Ankara [20]
 Ukraine Hadiach Bust of Marx.
Markivka Statue of Marx.
Pyriatyn Bust of Marx.
Voronky Statue of Marx.
Zhytomyr Bust of Marx.
 United Kingdom Highgate Cemetery, London Bust at the tomb of Marx.
 Uzbekistan Tashkent Large bust on Amir Temur Square (formerly Revolution Square), removed in 1993.[citation needed]
 Venezuela Maracay Bust of Marx.

See also

References

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  11. ^ "В Тольятти похитили голову Карла Маркса" [Head of Karl Marx in Tolyatti is Stolen]. Press Volga. August 29, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2015. (in Russian)
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  17. ^ "Government publications, periodicals, and communists at the National Library of India – WillyLogan.com".
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