List of statues of Karl Marx

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Two centuries after his birth Karl Marx remains controversial, as the unveiling of a 4.5m statue of him (sculpted by Wu Weishan) in his birthplace of Trier, Germany in 2018 demonstrates. Statues of him remain in the former capital of the defunct German Democratic Republic.

Germany

Location	Main article	Notes
Aken (Elbe)
Berlin	Marx-Engels Forum	The statues of Karl Marx (foreground) and his collaborator Friedrich Engels in Marx-Engels-Forum in reunited Berlin. In the background is the dome of the Berlin Cathedral.
		Bust located on Strausberger Platz.
	Karl Marx Memorial in Berlin-Stralau [de]	This monument designed in 1964 is located in Berlin-Stralau, where Marx lived as a student in 1837.
Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt)	Karl Marx Monument	This famous 7.1m bust of Karl Marx, hewn from Ukrainian granite, is Chemnitz's most famous landmark.
Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt)		1972 relief sculpture "Lob der Dialektik" (Praise of Dialectics) depicting Marx and Engels, forming part of a four-part monument based on the poems of Bertolt Brecht, modeled on designs by Joachim Jastram and located on Brückenstrasse.
Cologne		Statues of Karl Marx (right) and Heinrich Becker (left) on the tower of Cologne City Hall
Coswig (Anhalt)		Designed by Karl Kothe [de] and erected in 1958 on the 75th anniversary of Marx's death.
Dessau		Erected in October 1984.
Döbeln
Dresden	Karl Marx Monument (Dresden) [de]	Installed on Unity Square (now Albertplatz) in 1953. It was ridiculed for its unusual proportions and was later demolished.
Frankfurt (Oder)	Karl Marx Monument, Frankfurt (Oder) [de]	Bust designed in 1968 by Arnd Wittig, located in Lennépark on Karl-Marx-Straße.
Fürstenwalde	Karl Marx Monument (Fürstenwalde) [de]	Originally installed in 1904 as a Bismarck monument, the stone was rededicated to Marx in the 1950s. It was renovated in 2003.
Gelsenkirchen		Installed in front of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany's headquarters in Gelsenkirchen in 2022, alongside a statue of Vladimir Lenin installed in 2020.
Leipzig	Bronzerelief Aufbruch [de]	A 1973 relief depicting Marx originally installed on a building of the University of Leipzig but relocated in 2008.
Neubrandenburg	Karl Marx Monument (Neubrandenburg) [de]	Originally stood from 1969-2001, reinstalled in a new location in 2018.
Neuruppin		Designed by Fritz Cremer, erected in 1954.
Rathenow
Trier		Created by Chinese artist Wu Weishan in 2018 and donated by China to Trier, the birthplace of Karl Marx.
Werder (Havel)
Wernigerode	Karl Marx Monument (Wernigerode) [de]	Bust created by Rudolf Wewerka [de] and inaugurated on the 70th anniversary of Marx's death on November 7, 1953.
Wittenberge		Inscribed with Marx's quote: "Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt euch" (Proletarians of all countries, unite).

Russia

Location	Main article	Notes
Arzamas
Balashikha		Located on Krupeshina street.
Glazov
Kaliningrad
Kaluga		Bust located on the corner of Lenin Street and Moscow Street.
Karl Marx Village, Saratov [ru]		Located in a village named after Karl Marx near the city of Engels, Saratov Oblast.
Kopeysk		Statue of Marx and Engels.
Kotovsk
Krasnodar
Marks
Mineralnye Vody
Moscow	Karl Marx monument	Located on Theatre Square near the Bolshoi
Novaya Ladoga
Penza		Bust of Marx atop a tall plinth, dismantled in 2011.
Petrozavodsk		Statue of Marx and Engels seated at the intersection of Karl Marx Avenue and Kuibyshev Street.
Rostov-on-Don	Karl Marx Monument (Rostov-on-Don)	Installed in Karl Marx Square in 1959 to replace a prior statue installed in 1925 that was destroyed during World War 2, which had itself replaced a monument to Catherine II demolished by the Bolsheviks.
Saint Petersburg		Bust located at the Smolny Institute
Saint Petersburg
Sobinka		Completed in 1923
Stavropol
Tashir		Large sculpture of Marx's head, located in the middle of Tashir in the Republic of Buryatia.
Tolyatti		Bust located on Liberty Square
Tula
Tver
Ulyanovsk		Completed in 1920
Vyazma
Yaroslavl

Other countries

Country	Location	Description
Belarus	Luninets	Bust of Marx.
Belarus	Vitebsk	Bust of Marx.
Bulgaria	University of National and World Economy in Sofia	Bust of Marx.
China	Fuxing Park, Shanghai	Statue of Marx and Engels.
	Compilation and Translation Bureau, Beijing	Statue of Marx seated and Engels standing.
	Foshan University in Foshan, Guangdong Province	Relief sculpture of Marx and Copernicus.
Czech Republic	Karlovy Vary	Karl Marx monument near the orthodox church of St. Peter and Paul.
Czech Republic	Háj u Duchcova
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa University	Relief sculpture of Marx's face, gifted by the government of East Germany to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ethiopian Revolution and establishment of the Derg.
Hungary	Memento Park, Budapest	Marx and Engels statue.
Hungary	Corvinus University of Budapest	Marx seated inside Corvinus University (formerly Karl Marx University), removed in 2014.
India	Kolkata, West Bengal	Marx and Engels statue.
Italy	Riccione	Bust of Marx.
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Statue of Marx and Engels seated in discussion.
Lithuania	Grūtas Park, Druskininkai	Busts of Marx and Engels alongside Lenin, Dzerzhinsky and Stalin.
Lithuania	Grūtas Park, Druskininkai	Statue of Marx.
Moldova	Chișinău	Bust of Marx
Spain	Kepa Enbeita Urretxindorra Square, Bilbao	Busts of Marx and Lenin.
Turkey	Middle East Technical University in Ankara
Ukraine	Hadiach	Bust of Marx.
	Markivka	Statue of Marx.
	Pyriatyn	Bust of Marx.
	Voronky	Statue of Marx.
	Zhytomyr	Bust of Marx.
United Kingdom	Highgate Cemetery, London	Bust at the tomb of Marx.
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Large bust on Amir Temur Square (formerly Revolution Square), removed in 1993.
Venezuela	Maracay	Bust of Marx.