Lenin (still) lives

At least he does in Balykchy at the western end of Lake Issyk Kul in northern Kyrgyzstan. The town was formerly, and variously, known as Ketmaldy, Novodmitrievka, Bachino, Rybachye and Issyk-Kul, before settling on its current name. Must have been havoc working in its post office. It was a busy industrial center but virtually all industry collapsed at the end of the Soviet Union. Now most locals seem to keep busy vending dried fish to the passing traffic.