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Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin, located in Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine, that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the monument in 1963, in the lead up to the anniversary of the October Revolution.
The monument ID was 63-101-0682.[citation needed]
The statue was composed of Lenin, gesturing towards the Kharkiv Regional Administration Building with his right hand and holding a crumpled cartouche in his left, atop a pedestal. The pedestal included two bas-reliefs: on one side a worker, sailor, and soldier under the Red Flag, and on the other a worker, a collective farmer, and a scientist who raised a model artificial satellite above his head. In the middle, the plinth was mainly empty, except for the inscription of Lenin's name in Ukrainian, held on by steel pins at its feet.
The monument was placed and planned by the Kharkiv City Council through the memorandum placed to build the sculpture on the square in 1963. The commission was accounted by sculptor Alexander Sidorenko and the building was commissioned by Oleksiy Oliynyk and Makar Vronsky. The monument was opened in November 1964, the eve of the October Revolution festivities in the USSR.
After the collapse of the USSR and restoration of the independence of Ukraine, many activists, politicians, and individuals called for the destruction of the sculpture, to remove a remnant of the totalitarian Soviet era in the area.
By order of the Ministry of Culture No. 468 of 30 May 2013, the monument was entered in the State Register of Immovable Landmarks of Ukraine as a monument of monumental art of local significance, protection number 27-Ha.
During the Euromaidan events in Ukraine on 22 February 2014, after thousands of Euromaidan activists marched from the Palace of Sports to Freedom Square, there were discussions about the mass demolition of the monument and all other insignias of the Soviet past. During the discussion, it was decided to demolish the monument after a decision in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Groups of Kharkiv residents who identified themselves as the "St George's Ribbon" movement called for pro-Russian inhabitants and Anti-Maidan activists to defend the monument and organised round-the-clock protection. The Mayor of Kharkiv Hennadiy Kernes opposed the toppling of the monument.[citation needed]
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Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin, located in Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine, that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the monument in 1963, in the lead up to the anniversary of the October Revolution.
The monument ID was 63-101-0682.[citation needed]
The statue was composed of Lenin, gesturing towards the Kharkiv Regional Administration Building with his right hand and holding a crumpled cartouche in his left, atop a pedestal. The pedestal included two bas-reliefs: on one side a worker, sailor, and soldier under the Red Flag, and on the other a worker, a collective farmer, and a scientist who raised a model artificial satellite above his head. In the middle, the plinth was mainly empty, except for the inscription of Lenin's name in Ukrainian, held on by steel pins at its feet.
The monument was placed and planned by the Kharkiv City Council through the memorandum placed to build the sculpture on the square in 1963. The commission was accounted by sculptor Alexander Sidorenko and the building was commissioned by Oleksiy Oliynyk and Makar Vronsky. The monument was opened in November 1964, the eve of the October Revolution festivities in the USSR.
After the collapse of the USSR and restoration of the independence of Ukraine, many activists, politicians, and individuals called for the destruction of the sculpture, to remove a remnant of the totalitarian Soviet era in the area.
By order of the Ministry of Culture No. 468 of 30 May 2013, the monument was entered in the State Register of Immovable Landmarks of Ukraine as a monument of monumental art of local significance, protection number 27-Ha.
During the Euromaidan events in Ukraine on 22 February 2014, after thousands of Euromaidan activists marched from the Palace of Sports to Freedom Square, there were discussions about the mass demolition of the monument and all other insignias of the Soviet past. During the discussion, it was decided to demolish the monument after a decision in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Groups of Kharkiv residents who identified themselves as the "St George's Ribbon" movement called for pro-Russian inhabitants and Anti-Maidan activists to defend the monument and organised round-the-clock protection. The Mayor of Kharkiv Hennadiy Kernes opposed the toppling of the monument.[citation needed]
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