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List of statues of Karl Marx

Summary

Two centuries after his birth Karl Marx remains controversial, as the unveiling of a 4.5m statue of him (sculpted by Wu Weishan) in his birthplace of Trier, Germany in 2018 demonstrates.[1] Statues of him remain in the former capital of the defunct German Democratic Republic.[2]

Germany edit

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 relief depicting Marx originally installed on a building of the 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 edit

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 edit

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]
Foshan University in Foshan, 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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ n/a, n/a (2018-05-05). "Karl Marx statue from China adds to German angst". BBC. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ^ Gordon, Gordon (2016-10-16). "A New Biography Focuses on Karl Instead of Marxism". NYT. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ^ "Karl Marx statue unveiled next to Lenin in Germany's Gelsenkirchen". idcommunism.com. August 28, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Chapple, Amos (August 27, 2022). "German Leftists Unveil Marx Statue Alongside Lenin". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "MLPD enthüllt Marx-Statue in Gelsenkirchen". spiegel.de. Der Spiegel. August 27, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Demshuk, Andrew (2023). "Exiling Karl Marx from Karl Marx Square: The Political Lives of a Leipzig Monument before and after 1989". Journal of Contemporary History. doi:10.1177/00220094221149971. ISSN 0022-0094.
  7. ^ "Huge statue of Marx, a gift from China, erected at his German birthplace". Reuters. April 13, 2018 – via www.reuters.com.
  8. ^ "From Marx to Michael Jackson: Which foreigners are honored with a statue in Russia?". www.rbth.com.
  9. ^ "In Penza the monument of Karl Marx was dismantled". penzanews.ru. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Karl Marx Statue in the center of Tashir Village, Buryatia, Russia. Karl Marx sculpture in Siberia". alamy.com. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  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)
  12. ^ "В Тольятти восстановлен бюст Карла Маркса" [Bust of Karl Marx in Tolyatti Restored]. TLT News. November 5, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2015. (in Russian)
  13. ^ "Скульптурный портрет Карла Маркса восстановили на пересечении улицы его имени и площади Свободы" [Bust of Karl Marx restored To The Intersection of His Namesake Street and Liberty Square]. City News (Tolyatti). November 8, 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015. (in Russian)
  14. ^ Xinhua (6 May 2018). "China's national museum opens Karl Marx exhibition". chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  15. ^ Qi, Lin (27 July 2021). "Communist Manifesto translation compilation launched in Beijing". chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  16. ^ Schiller, Norbert. "Ethiopia During the Collapse of Communism". negativecolors.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Government publications, periodicals, and communists at the National Library of India – WillyLogan.com".
  18. ^ "Statue of Karl Marx in Grutas Parkas". traveladventures.org. March 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Una tierra dura labrada en piedra". Deia (in Spanish).
  20. ^ "ODTÜ'ye Karl Marx heykeli". soL. April 30, 2018.
 
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