Why Lenin’s Grand ‘Tatlin Tower’ Never Got Built

The idea was to build a huge tower, grandly celebrating Lenin’s brand of socialism. But the avant-garde, rotating ‘Tatlin’s Tower’ would never come to be.

Allison McNearney

Published Mar. 18 2017 12:00AM EDT 

Allison McNearney

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