Russian artist Dmitry Vrubel repaints his historic mural showing former Soviet leader &lt;a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Leonid+Brezhnev&amp;family=editorial&amp;specificpeople=93686 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'&gt;Leonid Brezhnev&lt;/a&gt; (L) kissing former communist East German leader &lt;a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Erich+Honecker&amp;family=editorial&amp;specificpeople=209084 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'&gt;Erich Honecker&lt;/a&gt; at a surviving portion of the Berlin Wall on June 22, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The mural is on a portion of the Wall known as the East Side Gallery, and city authorities have invited artists to redo their works as part of a restoration effort. The Berlin Wall was built by the East German government and divided East and West Berlin from 1961 until 1989. Germany will mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall this year with an international commemoraiton in November.