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In Ukraine Lenin monuments<ref>[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/10349 In [[Kremenchug]] broke up a monument to Lenin, [[UNIAN]] photoservice (25-11-2008)]</ref> and other Soviet-era monuments are still being removed.<ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-287098.html Ukraine to remove 10 Soviet-era monuments], [[UNIAN]] (28-11-2008)</ref> But on the occasion of the 139th anniversary of Lenin two new Lenin monuments were erected in [[Luhansk Oblast]].<ref name=new>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-312409.html Two Lenin monuments opened in Luhansk Oblast], [[UNIAN]] (April 22, 2008)</ref> Addressing participants of the Second Ecumenical Week held in [[Lviv Catholic University]] on October 6, 2009 [[First Lady of Ukraine|First Lady]] [[Kateryna Yushchenko]] called on all [[Ukrainians]] to pull down monuments to the Communist past. According to the First Lady, the [[Ukrainian SSR|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 [[Religion in Ukraine|faith of Ukrainians]] was deformed and are in need of renovation", according to Kateryna Yushchenko.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/50208 Western Information Agency: First Lady calls to pull down monuments to Lenin in Ukraine], [[Kyiv Post]] (October 7, 2009)</ref> |
In Ukraine Lenin monuments<ref>[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/10349 In [[Kremenchug]] broke up a monument to Lenin, [[UNIAN]] photoservice (25-11-2008)]</ref> and other Soviet-era monuments are still being removed.<ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-287098.html Ukraine to remove 10 Soviet-era monuments], [[UNIAN]] (28-11-2008)</ref> But on the occasion of the 139th anniversary of Lenin two new Lenin monuments were erected in [[Luhansk Oblast]].<ref name=new>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-312409.html Two Lenin monuments opened in Luhansk Oblast], [[UNIAN]] (April 22, 2008)</ref> Addressing participants of the Second Ecumenical Week held in [[Lviv Catholic University]] on October 6, 2009 [[First Lady of Ukraine|First Lady]] [[Kateryna Yushchenko]] called on all [[Ukrainians]] to pull down monuments to the Communist past. According to the First Lady, the [[Ukrainian SSR|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 [[Religion in Ukraine|faith of Ukrainians]] was deformed and are in need of renovation", according to Kateryna Yushchenko.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/50208 Western Information Agency: First Lady calls to pull down monuments to Lenin in Ukraine], [[Kyiv Post]] (October 7, 2009)</ref> |
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==Former Soviet republics== |
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*[[Estonia]] |
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**[[Jõhvi]]: 1953–1991, sculptors [[Enn Roos]], Arseni Mölder, Signe Mölder.<ref name="lenin estonia"/> |
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**[[Kohtla-Järve]]: 1950–1992, copy of statue in Jõhvi. |
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**[[Kallaste]]: 1988–19?? |
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**[[Narva]]: 1957–1993, sculptor Olav Männi. |
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**[[Pärnu]]: |
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***1950s–1981. |
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***1981–1990, sculptor Matti Varik, a replica of a monument built in Kotka in 1979. |
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**[[Tallinn]]: 1950–1991, sculptor [[Nikolai Tomsky]]. |
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**[[Tartu]]: |
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***1949–1952 sitting Lenin (ferroconcrete), sculptor [[Sergey Merkurov]]. |
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***1952–1990 [[:commons:File:Lenin statue 6, Maarjamaë Palace, Tallinn. Estonia.jpg|standing Lenin]] (bronze, height 3.5 m, weight 3.5 tons), sculptors August Vomm, Garibald Pommer, Ferdi Sannamaes.<ref name="lenin estonia">{{cite web|title=Maailmakultuuri ja ajaloo suurkujude mälestusmärgid Eestis|url=http://jelek3.havike.eenet.ee/aja/images/voistlustood/2010/K.Aus_Maailmakultuuri_monumendid_Eestis/Maailmakultuuri_ja_ajaloo_suurkujude_malestusmargid_Eestis_esitlus.pdf|accessdate=8 September 2011|author=Kai Aus|language=Estonian|year=2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Russia]] |
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**[[Dubna]] (25 m, the second tallest; 15 m statue on a 10 m pedestal) |
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**[[Volgograd]] (27 m, the tallest) |
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*[[Ukraine]]: {{main|List of Communists monuments in Ukraine}} |
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**[[Kiev]] (capital), located in front of [[Besarabsky Market]], erected in the 1950s. The statue was damaged on June 30, 2009, when the nose of the statue and part of its left hand were broken).<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 where then attacked by attending Communists<ref name=beatup/>). |
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**[[Kharkiv]]: At the [[Freedom Square, Kharkiv|Freedom Square]] (Площа Свободи), erected in 1964. |
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*[[Belarus]]: |
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**[[Minsk]] (capital) |
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**[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] |
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*[[Moldova]]: |
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** Chisinau: date unknown - at the Moldexpo site. |
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** Tiraspol: date unknown - outside the Government building. |
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** Rybnitsa : date unknown - main square. |
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*[[Lithuania]]: |
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** Druskininkai: 1981, sculptor N.Petrulis. |
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** Jonava: 1984, sculptor K.Bogdanas. |
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** Kaunas: 1970, sculptor N.Petrulis. |
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** Klaipėda: 1976-1991, sculptor G.Jokubonis. |
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** Palanga: 1977, sculptor [[Yevgeny Vuchetich]] |
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** Panevėžys: 1983, sculptor G. Jokubonis. |
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** Šiauliai: 1970, sculptors A. Toleikis and D. Lukosevicius. |
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** Vilnius: 1952-1991, sculptor [[Nikolai Tomsky]] |
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** Vilnius: 1979, "Lenin and Kapsukas in Poronino", sculptor K. Bogdanas. |
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All statues were taken down after 1991, most eventually winding up in [[Grutas Park]]; they were all erected during the Soviet period and stood, among other places, in [[Vilnius]] (capital, at least two statues, one of them together with Lithuanian communist leader [[Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas|Kapsukas]]), [[Kaunas]], [[Klaipėda]], [[Šiauliai]], [[Jonava]], [[Druskininkai]], [[Jurbarkas]] (the Jurbarkas Lenin is now part of an installation in [[Europos Parkas]] park in Vilnius). |
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*[[Latvia]]: [[Cēsis]], unveiled on November 7, 1959. Made by the sculptor [[Karlis Jansons]] (1896–1986). The statue was removed on October 17, 1990. |
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*[[Tajikistan]]: [[Dushanbe]] (capital, the monument in central Freedom Square was replaced by a monument of [[Ismail Samani|Ismoil Somoni]], the second in Central Park was also removed and replaced by a statue of [[Rudaki]]), [[Khujand]], [[Nurak]], [[Faizobod]] |
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==Other Communist and post-communist states== |
==Other Communist and post-communist states== |
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In the Soviet Union, many cities had monuments of Vladimir Lenin. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, many of them were broken with no permission from their authors. This happened even earlier in the European post-Communist states and in the Baltic states. However, in many of the former Soviet Republics (namely Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) many remain, and some new ones have been erected.[1][citation needed]
In Ukraine Lenin monuments[2] and other Soviet-era monuments are still being removed.[3] But on the occasion of the 139th anniversary of Lenin two new Lenin monuments were erected in Luhansk Oblast.[1] Addressing participants of the Second Ecumenical Week held in Lviv Catholic University on October 6, 2009 First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko called on all Ukrainians to pull down monuments to the Communist past. According to the First Lady, 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.[4]
Former Soviet republics
- Estonia
- Jõhvi: 1953–1991, sculptors Enn Roos, Arseni Mölder, Signe Mölder.[5]
- Kohtla-Järve: 1950–1992, copy of statue in Jõhvi.
- Kallaste: 1988–19??
- Narva: 1957–1993, sculptor Olav Männi.
- Pärnu:
- 1950s–1981.
- 1981–1990, sculptor Matti Varik, a replica of a monument built in Kotka in 1979.
- Tallinn: 1950–1991, sculptor Nikolai Tomsky.
- Tartu:
- 1949–1952 sitting Lenin (ferroconcrete), sculptor Sergey Merkurov.
- 1952–1990 standing Lenin (bronze, height 3.5 m, weight 3.5 tons), sculptors August Vomm, Garibald Pommer, Ferdi Sannamaes.[5]
- Russia
- Ukraine:
- Kiev (capital), located in front of Besarabsky Market, erected in the 1950s. The statue was damaged on June 30, 2009, when the nose of the statue and part of its left hand were broken).[6][7][8] The statue was restored (at the expense of the Communist Party of Ukraine[9]) 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 Svoboda threw a bottle of red paint at the monument[10][11] (who where then attacked by attending Communists[9]).
- Kharkiv: At the Freedom Square (Площа Свободи), erected in 1964.
- Belarus:
- Moldova:
- Chisinau: date unknown - at the Moldexpo site.
- Tiraspol: date unknown - outside the Government building.
- Rybnitsa : date unknown - main square.
- Lithuania:
- Druskininkai: 1981, sculptor N.Petrulis.
- Jonava: 1984, sculptor K.Bogdanas.
- Kaunas: 1970, sculptor N.Petrulis.
- Klaipėda: 1976-1991, sculptor G.Jokubonis.
- Palanga: 1977, sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich
- Panevėžys: 1983, sculptor G. Jokubonis.
- Šiauliai: 1970, sculptors A. Toleikis and D. Lukosevicius.
- Vilnius: 1952-1991, sculptor Nikolai Tomsky
- Vilnius: 1979, "Lenin and Kapsukas in Poronino", sculptor K. Bogdanas.
All statues were taken down after 1991, most eventually winding up in Grutas Park; they were all erected during the Soviet period and stood, among other places, in Vilnius (capital, at least two statues, one of them together with Lithuanian communist leader Kapsukas), Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Jonava, Druskininkai, Jurbarkas (the Jurbarkas Lenin is now part of an installation in Europos Parkas park in Vilnius).
- Latvia: Cēsis, unveiled on November 7, 1959. Made by the sculptor Karlis Jansons (1896–1986). The statue was removed on October 17, 1990.
- Tajikistan: Dushanbe (capital, the monument in central Freedom Square was replaced by a monument of Ismoil Somoni, the second in Central Park was also removed and replaced by a statue of Rudaki), Khujand, Nurak, Faizobod
Other Communist and post-communist states
- East Germany: Berlin (1970) by Nikolai Tomski granite, 19m, Leninplatz, removed in 1992 and buried outside Berlin (there are plans to re-erect it); a bust of Lenin can still be seen on the wall of the former swimming pool of the Russian Embassy on Behrenstrasse and there is a stained glass window of Lenin in the Old Library on Bebelplatz. One statue of Lenin (approximately 2:1) is still standing in Brommystrasse (corner Köpenickerstrasse) in the yard of a removal company.
- Ethiopia:Meskel Square, Addis Ababa (capital, formerly called Lenin Square, erected in 1984 on the 10th anniversary of the Ethiopian Revolution and toppled with the fall of the Marxist government in 1991).
- Hungary: Érd (Statue Park)
- Poland: Kraków (in Nowa Huta district, pulled down in December 1989),[12] Poronin (removed in 1990)
- Romania: Bucharest (built in front of Casa Presei Libere in April 1960, pulled down in March 1990)
- Vietnam: Hanoi (Duong Dien Bien Phu Street, adjacent to the Vietnamese Army museum)
Other places
- United Kingdom: London Islington Museum, 245 St John Street, Islington. Bust by Lubetkin commissioned by the UK Government during the war in tribute to the efforts of the Soviet Union. It was placed in Holford Square (briefly Lenin's home when he lived in London) and unveiled in 1942. It was a supposed focal point of a new housing development to be named 'Lenin Court' but the bust became a target of fascist sympathisers and was frequently daubed with anti-Communist and anti-semitic messages, even in the months after the liberation of Belsen and Auschwitz. Lubetkin had the bust removed and when the housing development was completed in the late 1940s, it was renamed 'Bevin Court'. The bust was displayed in Islington Town Hall for many years and is now on permanent display in the museum.
- Belfast The Kremlin Bar, one of the premier Gay Bars in Europe, has a statue of Lenin welcoming partygoers over the main entrance.[13]
- Denmark: Hørsholm (1986 - 1996: today located at the Worker's Museum, Copenhagen.)
- Finland:
- France, at montpelier
- Italy:
- Cavriago, at Piazza Lenin (Italian for Lenin Square) (near Reggio Emilia)
- Capri, in the Gardens of Augustus
- Greece, Athens: Front of the Headquarters building of the Communist Party of Greece
- India: Kolkata - at the mouth of Lenin Sarani in Esplanade., Vijayawada Nehru Park, chanakyapuri, New delhi
- Mongolia: Front of Ulaanbaatar Hotel, Ulaanbaatar City
- Netherlands: Enschede, in front of the TwentseWelle Museum. It was placed in the context of an exhibition about the GDR.[14]
- South Pole:
- Pole of inaccessibility Plastic bust left by Soviet scientists in December 1958[15]
- Spain:
- Bust at Otxarkoaga district of Bilbao.
- Svalbard:
- Statues at Barentsburg and Pyramiden are the worlds northernmost Lenin statues.
- Sweden:
- United States:
- Las Vegas - Outside Red Square Restaurant, Mandalay Bay Hotel - Headless
- Seattle - Fremont neighborhood (See Statue of Lenin (Seattle))
- Atlantic City, New Jersey - in the Tropicana Casino[17]
- New York City[18]
- Vietnam, Hanoi
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Statues of Lenin.
- Gruto parkas has several Lenin statues: [2], [3], [4].
- Monuments of Lenin
- List of Lenin monuments in the former GDR on "Kunst am Wege" (German)
- [5] The story of the Lenin bust in Islington, London
![[5]](http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3608/3619421390_9538ee18b7.jpg&imgrefurl=http://gordon-hon.tumblr.com/&usg=__n2mfSTUdcNIis4NI7UxaQQpeG8A=&h=357&w=500&sz=89&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=1bP6OBmaFtEhwM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlenin%2Bislington%2Bmuseum%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1){kind=link}
References
- ^ a b Two Lenin monuments opened in Luhansk Oblast, UNIAN (April 22, 2008)
- ^ In Kremenchug broke up a monument to Lenin, UNIAN photoservice (25-11-2008)
- ^ Ukraine to remove 10 Soviet-era monuments, UNIAN (28-11-2008)
- ^ Western Information Agency: First Lady calls to pull down monuments to Lenin in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (October 7, 2009)
- ^ a b Kai Aus (2010). "Maailmakultuuri ja ajaloo suurkujude mälestusmärgid Eestis" (PDF) (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ Vandals damage monument to Lenin in downtown Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (June 30, 2009)
- ^ Photos; Events by themes: In Kiev injured a monument to Lenin, UNIAN (June 30, 2009)
- ^ Monument to Lenin is damaged in Kyiv, UNIAN (July 1, 2009)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Monument to Lenin was opened with scandal, UNIAN (November 27, 2009)
- ^ Police detain two persons who threw bottle of paint at Lenin monument in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (November 27, 2009)
- ^ UPHEAVAL IN THE EAST; Lenin Statue in Mothballs, The New York Times, December 11, 1989
- ^ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ireland/northern-ireland/belfast/entertainment-nightlife/408232
- ^ De Twentsche Courant Tubantia 05 November 2009 Link Dutch language
- ^ Soviet icon surprises polar scientists(retrieved 2010.08.28)
- ^ Här är Skånes Lenin 15 October 2008 [1] Swedish language
- ^ Man Fights to Have Lenin Statue Removed From Casino, Fox News (16JUN2008)
- ^ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/red_square_and_the_lenin_statue/