As you no doubt know, Hungary had a long and often violent existence under Communist rule. When this ended on 23 October 1989, the 33rd anniversary of the 1956 revolution, Communist rule formally ended. On 19 June 1991, the Russian military occupation ended. This transition naturally required that something be done with all the statues erected during the occupation. That "something" is Memento Park. All the monuments (that survived the transition) were relocated to a park pretty far out on the Buda side of town. It was a long trip, but we jumped on a bus and went.
At the entrance to the park is this statue of Lenin. I do not know who might have placed the flowers at his feet but they were fresh. The only statue of Stalin in Budapest was destroyed in the 1956 revolution and no replacement was made. E has seen a hand of the statue in one of the museums here.
