Statue of Lenin in Berdychiv

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Statue of Lenin in Berdychiv
Пам'ятник Леніну В. І.
Бердичів - Пам'ятник Леніну В. І. DSC 4600.JPG
The statue in 2013
Coordinates49°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
LocationBerdychiv, Ukraine
MaterialGranite
Height8.7 metres (29 ft)
Completion date1982
Dedicated toVladimir Lenin
Dismantled date2014
Because of Ukrainian decommunization laws the statue shall not be rebuilt.[1]

The Statue of Lenin in Berdychiv (in Ukrainian: Пам'ятник Леніну В. І.) was a sculpture monument to the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, located in Berdychiv, 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 on February 22, 2014.[2][3]

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  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 Berdychiv (Zhytomyr Oblast) – 22/02/2014". Raining Lenins.

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