The rising tide of demolition of remaining
monuments to Vladimir Lenin has finally reached Poltava. On February 21, soon
after the bloody events on EuroMaidan in Kyiv the monument in Poltava was
toppled by furious crowd. You can see this video at
Two years ago I happened to visit Seattle
(Washington). United States of America was always in the forefront of struggle
against communism. Nevertheless the monument to Lenin in Seattle was erected in
1988 shortly before the fall of Czechoslovak communism during the 1989 Velvet
Revolution.
The monument to Lenin in Seattle
Despite popular belief, the monument
to Lenin in Seattle was not toppled in the demonstrations during the fall of
communism. Furthermore, it is pretty well cared by the local community. There
is a cozy cafe next to the monument and I must say that such a neighborhood
doesn’t annoy visitors at all. There are monuments to Lenin in Las Vegas, New
York City, Atlantic City (New Jersey). In Sweden there is a monument to Lenin
in Vittsjö.
The monument to Lenin in Vittsjö
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