Central Kiev view of UNESCO listed Lenin statue and Premier Palace hotel, on 8 December 2013 monument destroyed and vandalised during the coup

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Monument to the bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin who has never been in Kyiv during his whole life The monument survived 90 s when so many statues of communist leaders were destroyed due to the art value of the monumet listed in the Unesco books

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Size: 5384px × 4302px
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Photo credit: © Dimar Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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