The city Council of Kurkowska Donetsk region took the decision to demolish the monument to Lenin

The deputies of the city Council of Kurkowska Donetsk region adopted an opinion On the demolition of the monument to Vladimir Lenin in the Central square of the city, said the people's Deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament Yevhen Deidei.
"at the session unanimously adopted a report On the demolition of the monument to Lenin. The decision taken by the people, without violence and pressure, without anyone's influence and it's the most valuable ", - quotes news Agency letter of Deidei.
the public representative also showed pictures which depict how the monument is dismantled with the help of a crane. In Ukraine in the framework of the struggle with the Soviet past more than a year continues active destruction of monuments. Radicals began to tear down the monuments to Lenin in Ukraine since December 2013. In 2014, cases of vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine. This phenomenon is called the "war of monuments" or " Leninabad ". Fifteen of may 2015, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law On decommunization which ban Soviet symbols, recognise the illegal Communist regime, recognize UPA* fighters for independence of the country, and the Great Patriotic war, the date the order only be called the Second world. The Minister of culture of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kirilenko first reported that he has already instructed to dismantle all of the Museum exhibition devoted to the Soviet period in the history of the country. In the fight with the Communist past Museum halls, covering the Soviet period charged to eliminate. Instead of these exposures, According to the Minister, it is necessary to demonstrate the " Ukraine's struggle for independence and the struggle of the people and Inhabitants for freedom after Ukraine gained independence.
* Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"


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