Monument to the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League in Kaunas
Location: Grūtas Park (Druskininkai), Lithuania
Completed: 1979
Sculptor: Steponas Šarapovas
Alternative name: Monument to the Kaunas Komsomol
Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, more commonly called Komsomol, was the political youth organisation of the USSR. The monument was originally erected in Kaunas and is now on display at Grūtas Park, a communist-themed sculpture park near Druskininkai.
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