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| Ukraine Protesters Topple Lenin Statue in Kiev |
| 2013-12-09 |
| [An Nahar] Ukrainians protesting against the government's rejection of a key pact with the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... on Sunday toppled the statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev, police said. "People in masks toppled the statue of Lenin," a police spokeswoman told Agence La Belle France Presse, saying they brandished the flag of Ukraine's nationalist Freedom Party and threw flares. Lenin, the founder of the Soviet state, is a figure of hate for Ukrainian nationalists. Television pictures showed the empty plinth of the Lenin statue on Bessarabia Square surrounded by jubilant protesters who hacked away with axes at the remnants of the monument lying flat on the ground. Reports said the statue's head had already been decapitated. Parts of the statue were then brought to the main demonstration on Independence Square where speakers triumphantly brandished a massive hand of the Lenin figure. The red granite, 3.45 meter (11 feet) high statue had first been erected in December 1946 just after World War II ended. Leading opposition politician Andriy Shevchenko said that the toppling of the statue had not been an initiative of the opposition leaders on Independence Square. "We can say that people organized themselves," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-12-09 21:04 |
| #13 Yes, let's not destroy public works like the many gulags and concentration camos. (sarc button off) |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2013-12-09 19:23 |
| #12 Lenin, the founder of the Soviet state, is a figure of hate for Ukrainian nationalists. Wow, look at that! I'm a Ukrainian nationalist and I've never even been to the Ukraine! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2013-12-09 19:19 |
| #11 Hear, hear, Steve! |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-12-09 18:55 |
| #10 "Shut the F% up Donny!" I feel a sudden urge for some bowling. As for JFM's comment, it is a source of great puzzlement how how the heroes of the Communist pantheon get a pass on being some of the greatest mass murderers in history. And don't get me started on that business about Nazis being right-wingers. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-12-09 18:23 |
| #9 Headless statue found in topples bar? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-12-09 18:21 |
| #8 What am I doing here? Oh, topples. I thought it said Ukraine Protestors Topless.... |
| Posted by: KBK 2013-12-09 18:15 |
| #7 Ditto, JFM. |
| Posted by: Dopey Sinatra 2013-12-09 14:28 |
| #6 OK, I'll concede that "Imagine" is an anthem to mush-brained hippie philosophy, but that's no reason to be tearing down public works. "Shut the F% up Donny!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-12-09 11:48 |
| #5 They still had Lenin statues? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-09 11:26 |
| #4 Seattle has a statue of the 'great' Lenin in the Fremont District. In fact I guess on the 6th (December) they had an annual Lenin Lighting event where they lit Lenin up like a Christmas tree. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-12-09 10:37 |
| #3 Lenun used gasses on peasants and orderd that those who din't rally had _all_ their grain confiscated. That was death sentence for thosechildren who had perpetrated the horrible crime of being born in the wrong familiy. Molotov who knew them both said Lenin was much worse than Stalin. May lenin and all those who honor him burn in hell!!!! |
| Posted by: JFM 2013-12-09 07:26 |
| #2 I "Imagine" tearing down his statue, But I wouldn't like it, it bears remembering that Russia worships him, much like we remember Lincoln, and it's disrespectful. Yes, I'm a'gin it. It's poor taste. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-09 05:54 |
| #1 OK, I'll concede that "Imagine" is an anthem to mush-brained hippie philosophy, but that's no reason to be tearing down public works. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-12-09 00:47 |