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an infographic illustrating the top six cities in Belarus with the largest number of existing Lenin monuments

an infographic illustrating the top ten cities in Russia (with the largest number of existing Lenin monuments)

an infographic illustrating the top ten cities in Ukraine with the largest number of existing Lenin monuments

a special 1hr40min-long TV program from the Russian channel "Rossiia 1" dedicated entirely to the topic of Leninopad

infographic showing the remaining statues of Lenin in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus as of October 2014 Data source: http://leninstatues.ru/leninopad, October 2014

Washington Post article — reflections on the significance of it all

Kharkiv deputy head Ihor Terekhov comments on the "illegal" removal of the monument and reveals the plan to have it re-erected.

In this New York Review of Books piece, Vladimir Sorokin reflects on the symbolism of the toppled monuments, drawing parallels and making distinctions between how it was done in Russia in 1991 and in Ukraine in 2014, and raising the question of what…

Sasha Senderovich's NYT op-ed on the toppling of the Lenin statue in Kiev