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[cyberbenb]

How Ukraine triggered a new wave of decommunization in post-Soviet countries

Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, former Soviet countries initiated a new phase of decommunization and derussification. Thus, the removal of Russian monuments applies to both the “Leninfall” and the “Pushkinfall.” Chytomo (Ukrainian media outlet) collected the following cases. Estonia When discussing the Baltic countries, it is […]

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[euromaidanpress]

Last Lenin statue in Ukraine falls

Last Lenin statue in Ukraine falls

The last statue of Lenin on public land in those portions of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv was demolished by unknown persons. It had stood in the village of Stari Troyany in Odesa Oblast. Its removal brings to the end the so-called “Leninfall” that has been taking place in Ukraine since 1991. In 1991, there were an estimated 5500 statues of Lenin in the country. By the end of 2013, their number had…

[patchoulism]

Not so critical about Leninfall of 2014 now, are we?

[nenuobodiistorike]

“In 2015, as part of the official process of decommunization, the Ukrainian Parliament passed legislation banning these monuments, triggering a phenomenon known as Leninopad (Leninfall)—the mass toppling of Lenin statues. Today, officially, none are left standing.  They're still out there, though, and photographer Niels Ackermann and journalist Sébastien Gobert went looking for them. The Kiev-based pair document the inglorious fate of Ukraine's fallen idols in a new hardcover book, Looking for Lenin, out this week from Fuel Publishing. The political and cultural complexities of decommunization are thrown into sharp relief when one is confronted with the image of a decapitated Lenin statue toppled over in the underbrush, dressed up like Darth Vader, or peeking out of a storage closet. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, and it's a wholly strange thing to see a lonesome bust of Lenin—leader of the Bolsheviks, guiding light of Communism, father of the revolution—ignominiously stashed away in a storage closet, half-buried under a pile of toys like so much common rubbish.”

[postsovietmind]

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of “Leninfall” in Ukraine. The first Lenin fell in Kyiv at the central street leading to Maidan. From there it continued in cities, towns and villages all over Ukraine.

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