En referència a la retirada d'un monument de Lenin a Khujand, ciutat del nord del país anomenada 'Leninobod' (la 'Ciutat de Lenin') entre 1939 i 1992, Alexey Somin escrivia al seu bloc:
Commenting on the removal of Lenin's monument in Khujand, the northern Tajik city that had been called 'Leninobod' (the 'City of Lenin') between 1939-1992, Alexey Somin wrote in his blog: