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MOSCOW - Moscow does not exactly want for colossal statues. Nothing says "Soviet Union" quite like the imposing "Worker and Collective Farm Girl," with its hammer, sickle, forward stride and idealized physiques; or Lenin glowering down on the capital, albeit now staring at a Burger King.

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