Goodbye Lenin? Not In These Ukrainian Villages

All of Ukraine’s statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin should have been taken down under a law passed in 2015. But in three small villages, indomitable Lenins still hold out — due to lack of money for demolition, apathy, and, in one case, a road so bad they couldn’t get a crane to it.
Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lenin-statues/31052671.html

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