Statue of Lenin in Berdychiv

Former monument in Berdychiv, Ukraine

49°53′34″N 28°35′28″E / 49.8927°N 28.5911°E / 49.8927; 28.5911LocationBerdychiv, UkraineMaterialGraniteHeight8.7 metres (29 ft)Completion date1982Dedicated toVladimir LeninDismantled date2014Because 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]

References

^ 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)
^ Ukraine crisis – Another monument of Lenin toppled in the city of Berdichev on YouTube
^ "Lenin Monumenet in Berdychiv (Zhytomyr Oblast) – 22/02/2014". Raining Lenins. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-04-22.