Statue of Lenin in Berdychiv

Statue of Lenin in Berdichev
Пам'ятник Леніну В. І.
The statue in 2013
Coordinates 49°53′34″N 28°35′28″E / 49.8927°N 28.5911°E / 49.8927; 28.5911Coordinates: 49°53′34″N 28°35′28″E / 49.8927°N 28.5911°E / 49.8927; 28.5911
Location Berdichev, Ukraine
Material Granite
Height 8.7 metres (29 ft)
Completion date 1982
Dedicated to Vladimir Lenin
Dismantled date 2014
Because of Ukrainian decommunization laws the statue shall not be rebuilt.[1]

The Statue of Lenin in Berdichev (in Ukrainian: Пам'ятник Леніну В. І.) was a sculpture monument to the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, located in Berdichev, Ukraine.

The monument, a work by M. Vasylchenko, P. Biryukov and P. Perevoznyk, was made of granite with a total height of 8.7 metres (29 ft) (sculpture 4.0 m, pedestal 4.7 m). The monument ID is 18-104-0031.

It was toppled and destroyed during the Euromaidan in February 22, 2014.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
    Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
    Poroshenko: Time for Ukraine to resolutely get rid of Communist symbols, UNIAN. 17 May 2015
    Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
  2. ↑ Ukraine crisis - Another monument of Lenin toppled in the city of Berdichev on YouTube
  3. ↑ "Lenin Monumenet in Berdichev (Zhytomyr Oblast) - 22/02/2014". Raining Lenins.

See also

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