Moscow's occupying authorities reinstate a statue of Lenin that was taken down by Ukraine years ago in the city of Melitopol, November 5, 2022
Posted on 11/05/2022 2:21:56 PM PDT by Cronos
As part of a 'de-communization drive,' Ukraine dismantled Lenin statues nationwide after its 2014 revolution overthrew a Moscow-backed regime
Moscow’s occupying authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol said Saturday they had brought back a statue of Lenin, seven years after it was taken down following Kyiv’s pro-EU revolution.
The Moscow-installed head of the Zaporizhzhia region, Vladimir Rogov, posted a photograph of workers in the city reinstating the tribute to the Bolshevik leader.
"After seven years the statue of Vladimir Lenin has returned to its place in Melitopol,” he said, adding that city authorities had taken it down in 2015.
Ukraine dismantled Lenin statues across the country after its 2014 revolution overthrew a Moscow-backed regime as part of its “de-communization drive.”
It was seen as an effort to break away from Russian and Soviet influence.
Moscow condemned the move.
Melitopol fell to Moscow’s forces early in their offensive, launched on February 24.
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Moscow's occupying authorities reinstate a statue of Lenin that was taken down by Ukraine years ago in the city of Melitopol, November 5, 2022
Imagine this-——exclusive announcement by guest on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC——We are erecting new statues of heroes of the Confederacy in ten cities as a means to promote harmony and re-unite America.
“Al, Al, get up. Are you okay?”
Yes, Putin wants to restore the Soviet Union.
Because automatic is such a good Christian man and wants to honor the godless atheist
Is that what we are calling the obama backed violent coup that toppled a legitimately elected government now?
“after its 2014 revolution...”
Erect statues of Tokyo rose or Alger Hiss
Particularly offensive to Nazis.
Good choices.
May I add Margaret Sanger? She aided in more deaths of Americans than most foreign tyrants.
Russia’s political culture is really confused. On one hand they are all about traditionalism and religion and being the macho conservative and on the other they are trying to develop cults around far left commies.
Next time the Ukes will be certain to dynamite it when they take back the city.
Maybe Putin is trying to gain some favor with democrats lol
Yup, Russia is still quite fond of its communist heritage.
For all the idiot freepers who don’t get that Putin is a neo-Soviet
LOL! They have the lowest church attendance rate in the world (and the highest abortion rate). Russia isn't about traditionalism and religion - but it is apparently good at fooling conservatives in the west.
“Moscow reinstates Lenin statue in Ukraine’s Melitopol years after Kyiv took it down”
Nice, sticking it in the FACE of the Neocons!!!
Particularly offensive to those of us who spent our lives fighting communists. Lenin was as evil as any Nazi, his ideology was easily used to kill over a hundred million people in Russia and the Soviet Union, (to include the Holomodor in Ukraine) Red China, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America.
The only good use for a Lenin statue is to use it as a known point from which to adjust fire upon those defending it.
we have a lenin statue...in ny i think...and another someplace in the states
They aren’t about religion. That’s just propaganda to get western conservatives fooled
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