Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder and first leader of the Soviet Union, lives not only in the memory of Russians, but also in the form of a little — known geoglyph in Siberia-an artificial grove of pines and firs planted with the word "Lenin".

Russian photographer Slava Stepanov was planning a trip to Omsk and remembered a stunning Google Earth satellite image taken in the region a few years ago.

Taking a day off, he decided to go to the city of Tyukalinsk to find the most ordinary looking forest on its outskirts. Planted in straight rows typical of artificial forests, the grove revealed its secret only when Slava Stepanov raised his drone in the air to look at it from above.

Stretching for 300 meters from one end to the other, the word "Lenin"was planted in letters up to 8.2 meters high. According to the photographer, this geoglyph appeared in 1970 in honor of the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin.

"During the Soviet era, people were very focused on anniversaries, especially if it was Lenin's birthday and the anniversary of the October revolution,"Slava Stepanov told radio Free Europe. – Every factory, factory or even entire villages tried to congratulate higher, stronger, more powerful, so that their congratulations were more noticeable and interesting than the others."

Interestingly, the artificial forest "Lenin" is one of dozens of mythical geoglyphs of the Soviet era, located throughout Russia.