New Chaplin statue in Kazakhstan

[Bruce Calvert]

http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/05/05/chaplin-in-kostanai/

Chaplin in Kostanai
Posted by Arseny | in Photo, Culture, Oddities | on May 5th, 2008
Below is a translated post by Nurgeldy from the Russian-language blog.

A monument to Charlie Chaplin has appeared in [the northern city of]
Kostanai last week. As reported, it is the 12th in the world. The very fact
of a sculpture to the cinematographe idol being installed in our city is
quite weird for the town's standards, especially taking into account that
the only movie theatre in Kostanai was recently demolished. In any case, now
we have Charlie and a bench near charlie. And as Farid writes in the local
newspaper, "the bench is good enough to sleep on it - that's practical,
because we have as much vagabonds in town as in NYC in early 1900s".

(follow the link for a photo)
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Bruce Calvert
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[sirmichaelcat]

Post by Bruce Calvert
http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/05/05/chaplin-in-kostanai/
Chaplin in Kostanai
Posted by Arseny | in Photo, Culture, Oddities | on May 5th, 2008
Below is a translated post by Nurgeldy from the Russian-language blog.
A monument to Charlie Chaplin has appeared in [the northern city of]
Kostanai last week. As reported, it is the 12th in the world. The very fact
of a sculpture to the cinematographe idol being installed in our city is
quite weird for the town's standards, especially taking into account that
the only movie theatre in Kostanai was recently demolished. In any case, now
we have Charlie and a bench near charlie. And as Farid writes in the local
newspaper, "the bench is good enough to sleep on it - that's practical,
because we have as much vagabonds in town as in NYC in early 1900s".
(follow the link for a photo)
--
Bruce Calvert
--
Visit the Silent Film Still Archivehttp://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com
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There is very interesting reading in their blog

[Darren]

Did Shasha Cohen play a part in this?? :)