“Lenin? Let it fall… as long as no one gets hurt”

A view of Kharkov, where the statue of Soviet state founder 
Vladimir Lenin was topped on September 28, 2014.

A view of Kharkov, where the statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin was topped on September 28, 2014.

Riccardo Chianella, Staff Writer

It happened on Sept 28 in Kharkov, Ukraine, the second largest city in the country, where the Lenin statue was pulled down. The statue, which had been a symbol of the Bolshevik Revolution, represented Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the communism during the 19th century. The revolutionaries are the proud authors of this little, but important goal.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, also known as Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. His statues are all over the world and the quantity is over hundreds. So, this one is just a little piece.

This is the end of Soviet occupation,” the party’s Twitter account said. “End of (the) regime of shame and humiliation.”

Amid applauses and pictures, hundreds of people got little pieces as souvenirs. Live streams were available. The moment was captured by throngs of photographers and journalists and their pictures are all over the web.

Lenin? Let it fell… as long as no one gets hurt” said Avakov, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, on his Twitter account.