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On 26 August 1991 the [[Ispolkom|executive committee]] of Kiev voted to remove all the monuments of Communist heroes from public places, including the Lenin monument on the central [[October Revolution]] Square (now named [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti]] (Independence Square)).<ref name=UKrW191991>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1991/359102.shtml Historic vote for independence], [[The Ukrainian Weekly]] (1 September 1991)</ref>
On 26 August 1991 the [[Ispolkom|executive committee]] of Kiev voted to remove all the monuments of Communist heroes from public places, including the Lenin monument on the central [[October Revolution]] Square (now named [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti]] (Independence Square)).<ref name=UKrW191991>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1991/359102.shtml Historic vote for independence], [[The Ukrainian Weekly]] (1 September 1991)</ref>
[[Image:Lenin statue kiev.jpg|thumb|right|122px|[[Kiev]]]]
[[Image:Lenin statue kiev.jpg|thumb|right|122px|[[Kiev]]]]
*In [[Kiev]] a statue of Lenin stood in front of [[Bessarabsky Market]]. It had been erected in the 1946. On June 30, 2009, the nose of the statue and part of the left hand were destroyed).<ref>[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/16379/ Vandals damage monument to Lenin in downtown Kyiv], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (June 30, 2009)</ref><ref>[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/13469 Photos; Events by themes: In Kiev injured a monument to Lenin], [[UNIAN]] (June 30, 2009)</ref><ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-323901.html Monument to Lenin is damaged in Kyiv], [[UNIAN]] (July 1, 2009)</ref> The statue was restored (at the expense of the Communist Party of Ukraine<ref name=beatup>{{uk icon}} [http://photo.unian.net/ukr/themes/15577 Події за темами: У Києві облили фарбою пам’ятник Леніну під час його відкриття після реставрації], [[UNIAN]] (November 27, 2009)</ref>) and re-unveiled on November 27, 2009. It was re-unveiled by [[Petro Symonenko]] (leader of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]]; during this ceremony two representatives of [[All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom"|Svoboda]] threw a bottle of red paint at the monument<ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-349133.html Monument to Lenin was opened with scandal], [[UNIAN]] (November 27, 2009)</ref><ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/53774/ Police detain two persons who threw bottle of paint at Lenin monument in Kyiv], [[Kyiv Post]] (November 27, 2009)</ref> (who were then attacked by attending Communists<ref name=beatup/>). The statue was torn down by [[Euromaidan|Ukrainian protesters]] on December 8, 2013.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/08/ukraine-lenin-idUKL6N0JN0IU20131208]</ref><ref>http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114912,15054103,Ukraincy_wciaz_protestuja__Kolejny_dzien_manifestacji.html#MT</ref>.
*In [[Kiev]] a statue of Lenin stood in front of [[Bessarabsky Market]]. It had been erected in the 1946. On June 30, 2009, the nose of the statue and part of the left hand were destroyed.<ref>[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/16379/ Vandals damage monument to Lenin in downtown Kyiv], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (June 30, 2009)</ref><ref>[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/13469 Photos; Events by themes: In Kiev injured a monument to Lenin], [[UNIAN]] (June 30, 2009)</ref><ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-323901.html Monument to Lenin is damaged in Kyiv], [[UNIAN]] (July 1, 2009)</ref> The statue was restored (at the expense of the Communist Party of Ukraine<ref name=beatup>{{uk icon}} [http://photo.unian.net/ukr/themes/15577 Події за темами: У Києві облили фарбою пам’ятник Леніну під час його відкриття після реставрації], [[UNIAN]] (November 27, 2009)</ref>) and re-unveiled on November 27, 2009 by [[Petro Symonenko]], leader of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]]; during this ceremony two representatives of [[All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom"|Svoboda]] threw a bottle of red paint at the monument<ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-349133.html Monument to Lenin was opened with scandal], [[UNIAN]] (November 27, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/53774/ Police detain two persons who threw bottle of paint at Lenin monument in Kyiv], [[Kyiv Post]] (November 27, 2009)</ref>, who were then attacked by attending Communists<ref name=beatup/>. The statue was torn down by [[Euromaidan|Ukrainian protesters]] on December 8, 2013.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/08/ukraine-lenin-idUKL6N0JN0IU20131208]</ref><ref>http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114912,15054103,Ukraincy_wciaz_protestuja__Kolejny_dzien_manifestacji.html#MT</ref>.
*[[Kremenchuk]] ([[Poltava Oblast]]), the Lenin statue got broken on November 25, 2008.
*[[Kremenchuk]] ([[Poltava Oblast]]), the Lenin statue got broken on November 25, 2008.
*[[Vinnytsia]], the Lenin statue was mounted from 1972 to 1991. It was designed by А.Kovalev, V.I.Agibalov, Ya.I.Ryk.
*[[Vinnytsia]], the Lenin statue was mounted from 1972 to 1991. It was designed by А.Kovalev, V.I.Agibalov, Ya.I.Ryk.

Revision as of 03:01, 9 December 2013

In Ukraine Lenin monuments and other Soviet-era monuments are still being removed.[1] There have been also new monuments erected.[2]

Standing

Kharkiv

Removed

On 26 August 1991 the executive committee of Kiev voted to remove all the monuments of Communist heroes from public places, including the Lenin monument on the central October Revolution Square (now named Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square)).[4]

Kiev
  • In Kiev a statue of Lenin stood in front of Bessarabsky Market. It had been erected in the 1946. On June 30, 2009, the nose of the statue and part of the left hand were destroyed.[5][6][7] The statue was restored (at the expense of the Communist Party of Ukraine[8]) and re-unveiled on November 27, 2009 by Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine; during this ceremony two representatives of Svoboda threw a bottle of red paint at the monument[9][10], who were then attacked by attending Communists[8]. The statue was torn down by Ukrainian protesters on December 8, 2013.[11][12].
  • Kremenchuk (Poltava Oblast), the Lenin statue got broken on November 25, 2008.
  • Vinnytsia, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1972 to 1991. It was designed by А.Kovalev, V.I.Agibalov, Ya.I.Ryk.
  • Ivano-Frankivsk, the Lenin main statue was mounted from1975 to 1990. It was designed by H.N.Kalchenko, А.Е.Belostotsky, О.A.Suprun.
  • Laha, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1967 to 1991. It was designed by O.P.Oliynyk, architect — O.Lanko.
  • Lviv, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1952 to 1990. It was designed by Sergey Merkurov, architect — I.O.Frantsuz.
  • Lion, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1967 to 1991. It was designed by М.K.Vronsky, architect — I.Meknychuk.
  • Ternopil, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1967 to 1990. It was designed by М.Ye. Roberman, architect — G.Karasiev.
  • Uzhgorod, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1974 to 1991. It was designed by М.K.Vronsky, O.P.Oliynyk, architects — Yu.O.Maksymov, V.O.Sikorsky.
  • Cherkasy, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1969 to 2008. It was designed by K.O.Kuznetsov, architect — V.G.Gniezdilov.
  • Chernivtsi, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1951 to 1992. It was designed by М.K.Vronsky, O.P.Oliynyk, architect — М.Ashkinazi.
  • Obukhiv (Kiev Oblast), the Lenin statue was removed in 2009.

On 6 October 2009, addressing participants of the Second Ecumenical Week held in Lviv Catholic University, (then) First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko called on all Ukrainians to pull down monuments to the Communist past. According to her the Communist regime had been consistently active destroying the Ukrainian church. "Having destroyed age-long belief in Christ, the Communists proposed their own idols instead; the culture and faith of Ukrainians was deformed and are in need of renovation", according to Kateryna Yushchenko.[13]

Relocated

  • Odessa, the Lenin statue was mounted in 1967 to 2006. It was designed by Matvey Manizer, О.М.Manizer, architects — I.Ye.Rozin, Yu.S.Lapin, М.М.Volkov. It was relocated to the park of Lenin's Komsomol.
  • Sumy, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1982 to the early 2000s. It was designed by E.Kuntsevych, architects — O.Zavarov, I.Lanko. It has been relocated to the park at the city limits.
  • Khmelnytsky, the Lenin statue was mounted from 1970 to 1992. It was designed by E.Kuntsevych, architects — O.Ihnashchenko, Ye.Perekrest. It has been relocated to the park of Culture and Recreation.

References

  1. ^ Ukraine to remove 10 Soviet-era monuments, UNIAN (28-11-2008)
  2. ^ a b Two Lenin monuments opened in Luhansk Oblast, UNIAN (April 22, 2008)
  3. ^ http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/new-stalin-statue-fuels-tension-in-ukraine/405522.html#no
  4. ^ Historic vote for independence, The Ukrainian Weekly (1 September 1991)
  5. ^ Vandals damage monument to Lenin in downtown Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (June 30, 2009)
  6. ^ Photos; Events by themes: In Kiev injured a monument to Lenin, UNIAN (June 30, 2009)
  7. ^ Monument to Lenin is damaged in Kyiv, UNIAN (July 1, 2009)
  8. ^ a b Template:Uk icon Події за темами: У Києві облили фарбою пам’ятник Леніну під час його відкриття після реставрації, UNIAN (November 27, 2009)
  9. ^ Monument to Lenin was opened with scandal, UNIAN (November 27, 2009
  10. ^ Police detain two persons who threw bottle of paint at Lenin monument in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (November 27, 2009)
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114912,15054103,Ukraincy_wciaz_protestuja__Kolejny_dzien_manifestacji.html#MT
  13. ^ Western Information Agency: First Lady calls to pull down monuments to Lenin in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (October 7, 2009)
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