Monument of the Great October Revolution
 Monument of the Great October Revolution in front of the Hotel "Moskva" | |
| Location |
 Kiev, Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Designer | Vasyl Borodai, Ivan Znoba, Valentyn Znoba |
| Type | Monument composition |
| Material | granite, bronze |
| Height | 18.4 m (60 ft) |
| Completion date | 22 October 1977 |
| Dedicated to | October Revolution |
| Dismantled date | 1991 |
| Because of 2015 Ukrainian decommunization laws all communist monuments in Ukraine legally have to be dismantled.[1] | |
Monument of the Great October Revolution was a Soviet monument that was located on the October Revolution Square in 1977–1991.
Description
The monument had a form of a granite pylon with a figure of Vladimir Lenin out of red granite (8.9 m (29 ft)). In front of the pylon there were four bronze figures of male and female workers, peasant and sailor, each 5.25 m (17.2 ft) in height. The whole composition was located on a granite stylobate.
Designers
- Vasyl Borodai, sculptor
- Ivan Znoba, sculptor
- Valentyn Znoba, sculptor
- Oleksandr Malynovsky, architect
- M.Skybytsky, architect
Gallery
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Removing of the monument on September 12, 1991 (decision of the Kiev City Council)
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti in September 1991, there is seen the monument being taken down
See also
References
- ↑ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
Poroshenko: Time for Ukraine to resolutely get rid of Communist symbols, UNIAN. 17 May 2015
Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
External links
- Chronology of the Soviet Union disintegration.
- In Kiev took down the Monument commemorating the Great October Socialist Revolution (1991). Calendarium
- Face of Kiev: How in the city monuments were changed. Comments.
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