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Washington Post article — reflections on the significance of it all

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

a history of the Lenin statue in Kiev (toppled in December 2013)

info graphic showing the remaining statues of Lenin in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus as of October 2014

In order to protect the monument in Zaporozhie from "leninopad," an activist dressed the statue in a traditional Ukranian shirt ("vyshivanka").

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

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…

a map showing the statues of Lenin still standing after Leninopad in Ukraine