His statue was demolished as part of destalinization.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

During the period of destalinization Stalin Peak in the Pamirs, the highest point in the USSR, was renamed Communism Peak.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3] Reference

But the way in which names were changed in the period of destalinization differed significantly from the reversion to tsarist names in the period of glasnost and perestroika.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3] Reference