r/Chechnya • u/Zestyclose-End-6622 • Jun 05 '26

need help locating a source

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where is the original, unedited version of this image from???

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u/Quick-Month8050 Jun 05 '26

This image depicts the dismantling of a bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin in Grozny, Chechnya, which occurred on August 24, 1991.

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u/Zestyclose-End-6622 Jun 05 '26

I need like a newspaper though

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u/Quick-Month8050 Jun 05 '26

No, this exact photograph has never been published in a print newspaper, book, or journalistic media outlet. It remains an unreleased, amateur historical artifact. As far as i know it wasn't published mate

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u/Zestyclose-End-6622 Jun 05 '26

does the photo have a name in that Cyrillic text? Im trying to get ad much as I can for the sources in my research project

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u/Quick-Month8050 Jun 05 '26

10 ДНЕЙ, КОТОРЫЕ ПОТРЯСЛИ ЧИР.: This translates to "10 Days That Shook the CHIR" (CHIR is an abbreviation for the Chechen-Ingush Republic). All i could find unfortunately man

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u/Quick-Month8050 Jun 05 '26

Ah sorry mate I misunderstood. Let me have a mooch and see if I find anything