Lenin Monument (Zaporizhia)

Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '49 "  N , 35 ° 5' 38"  O The Lenin monument in Saporischschja ( Russian Памятник Ленину Запорожье ) was initiated in 1964 and recalled the communist politicians VI Lenin . It stood on the bank of the Dnieper in the Ukrainian city ​​of Zaporizhia .

Monument with shell of unknown meaning

The 19.80 meter high bronze sculpture with a granite base was, since the destruction of the Lenin Monument on Freedom Square in Kharkiv , temporarily the largest Lenin monument in Ukraine and was located on Lenin Square at the beginning of Sobornyj Prospect (the former Lenin Prospect), one of the longest inner-city streets in Europe.

The monument in the evening

Lenin's arm pointed to the largest dam in Ukraine, the DniproHES , which is clearly visible from here . According to some sources, elevated radioactive levels have been measured on the monument material.

The sculptors Mikhail Lyssenko ( Михаил Лысенко ) and Nikolai Suchodolow ( Николай Суходолов ) created the figure, the design of the monument was based on designs by architects B. Primak ( Б. Приймак ) and W. Ladny ( В. Ладный ).

On March 17, 2016, at 1:15 p.m., the monument was lifted from its base and removed with the help of a crane.

Web links

• Photographs of the monument
• Series of photos from the building of the monument and the sculptor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Protesters overthrew Lenin statue in Kharkiv Tiroler Tageszeitung on September 29, 2014; accessed on March 8, 2020
2. ↑ Ukraine, Between the Carpathians and the Black Sea, pp. 379 and 384; Thomas Gerlach, Gert Schmidt, Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-192-2
3. ↑ The unhealthy statue of Lenin in Zaporozhye ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at kontry.net/news, last accessed on February 1, 2014 (Russian) 
4. ↑ Lenin Monument, Zaporozhye, last accessed on February 1, 2014 (Russian)
5. ↑ Fathers of the Zaporozhye-Lenin Monument ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Industrie Zaporozhye from April 22, 2008, last accessed on February 1, 2014 (Russian) 
6. ↑ In Zaporozhye the largest Lenin monument in Ukraine was dismantled on 112.ua from March 17, 2016; accessed on March 17, 2016 (Ukrainian)