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[[File:Площа, пам. Леніну 22 лютого.jpg|thumb|300px|Lenin Square in [[Dnipro]]petrovsk on 22 February 2014 with the demolished monuments to Vladimir Lenin.]] |
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[[File:Площа, пам. Леніну 22 лютого.jpg|thumb|300px|Lenin Square in [[Dnipro]] on 22 February 2014 with the demolished monuments to Vladimir Lenin.]] |
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[[Euromaidan]] protesters toppled several statues of [[Vladimir Lenin]] in Ukrainian cities.[{{cite web|title=Ukraine crisis: Lenin statues toppled in protest|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26306737|publisher=BBC|date=22 February 2014|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105123905/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26306737|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|title=Leninopad, Ukraine's Falling Lenin Statues, Celebrated As Soviet Symbols Toppled Nationwide (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/leninopad-falling-lenins-statues-ukraine_n_4847364.html|publisher=Huffington Post|date=24 February 2014|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924200940/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/leninopad-falling-lenins-statues-ukraine_n_4847364.html|url-status=live}}][{{cite web |author=Софія Середа |url=http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/25225395.html |title=В Україні – Ленінопад: пам'ятники вождю падають один за одним |publisher=Radiosvoboda.org |date=9 January 2014 |access-date=3 March 2014 |archive-date=1 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/25225395.html |url-status=live }}] Some estimates said that more than a hundred statues were toppled.[{{Cite news |last=Pyzik |first=Agata |date=2014-09-29 |title=Why Soviet monuments should be protected |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/29/soviet-ussr-monuments-should-be-protected |access-date=2025-10-22 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] In December 2015, [[The Ukrainian Week]] calculated that 376 Lenin monuments were removed or destroyed in February 2014. |
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[[Euromaidan]] protesters toppled several statues of [[Vladimir Lenin]] in Ukrainian cities.[{{cite web|title=Ukraine crisis: Lenin statues toppled in protest|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26306737|publisher=BBC|date=22 February 2014|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105123905/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26306737|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|title=Leninopad, Ukraine's Falling Lenin Statues, Celebrated As Soviet Symbols Toppled Nationwide (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/leninopad-falling-lenins-statues-ukraine_n_4847364.html|publisher=Huffington Post|date=24 February 2014|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924200940/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/leninopad-falling-lenins-statues-ukraine_n_4847364.html|url-status=live}}][{{cite web |author=Софія Середа |url=http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/25225395.html |title=В Україні – Ленінопад: пам'ятники вождю падають один за одним |publisher=Radiosvoboda.org |date=9 January 2014 |access-date=3 March 2014 |archive-date=1 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/25225395.html |url-status=live }}] Some estimates said that more than a hundred statues were toppled.[{{Cite news |last=Pyzik |first=Agata |date=2014-09-29 |title=Why Soviet monuments should be protected |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/29/soviet-ussr-monuments-should-be-protected |access-date=2025-10-22 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] In December 2015, [[The Ukrainian Week]] calculated that 376 Lenin monuments were removed or destroyed in February 2014. |
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* A statue in Odessa.[{{cite tweet|user=euromaidan|author=ЄВРОМАЙДАН|number=437935613380009984|date=24 February 2014|title=В Одесской области упал вообще весь.}}] |
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* A statue in Odessa.[{{cite tweet|user=euromaidan|author=ЄВРОМАЙДАН|number=437935613380009984|date=24 February 2014|title=В Одесской области упал вообще весь.}}] |
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The removal of the monuments evoked mixed feelings among the Ukrainian population.[{{cite web|title=Toppling of Lenin monument in Kyiv evokes mixed feelings|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/toppling-of-lenin-monument-in-kyiv-evokes-mixed-feelings-333401.html|publisher=Kyiv Post|date=10 December 2013|access-date=22 April 2015}}] In some cases, like in Kharkiv in early 2014,[{{YouTube|8b9L0NkNSNw|Ukraine: Kharkiv residents defend Lenin monument on Fatherland Day}}] pro-Russian Ukrainian crowds protected the monuments, including members of the communist and socialist parties, as well as veterans of World War II and the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan|Afghan wars]].[{{cite web|title=Crowd defends Lenin statue in eastern Ukraine city|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26313792|publisher=BBC|date=23 February 2014|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413035106/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26313792|url-status=live}}] The statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was toppled on 28 September 2014.[{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-23/ukraines-second-city-kharkiv-eludes-rebel-hands | title=Ukraine's Second City, Kharkiv, Eludes Rebel Hands | work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek | date=23 October 2014 | access-date=24 October 2014 | archive-date=28 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628044204/http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-23/ukraines-second-city-kharkiv-eludes-rebel-hands | url-status=live }}] |
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The removal of the monuments evoked mixed feelings among the Ukrainian population.[{{cite web|title=Toppling of Lenin monument in Kyiv evokes mixed feelings|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/toppling-of-lenin-monument-in-kyiv-evokes-mixed-feelings-333401.html|publisher=Kyiv Post|date=10 December 2013|access-date=22 April 2015}}] In some cases, like in Kharkiv in early 2014,[{{YouTube|8b9L0NkNSNw|Ukraine: Kharkiv residents defend Lenin monument on Fatherland Day}}] pro-Russian Ukrainian crowds protected the monuments, including members of the communist and socialist parties, as well as veterans of World War II and the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan|Afghan wars]].[{{cite web|title=Crowd defends Lenin statue in eastern Ukraine city|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26313792|publisher=BBC|date=23 February 2014|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413035106/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26313792|url-status=live}}] The statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was toppled on 28 September 2014.[{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-23/ukraines-second-city-kharkiv-eludes-rebel-hands | title=Ukraine's Second City, Kharkiv, Eludes Rebel Hands | work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek | date=23 October 2014 | access-date=24 October 2014 | archive-date=28 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628044204/http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-23/ukraines-second-city-kharkiv-eludes-rebel-hands | url-status=live }}] |
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