Supporters and opponents of the demolition of the monument to Lenin rallying in Kharkiv
Rallies supporters and opponents of the demolition of the monument to Lenin held on the first day of the week at Freedom square in Kharkiv, reports Ukrainian news Agency.
on Sunday in Kharkov fell off the pedestal of the monument to Lenin, who tried to crush the demonstrators for the unity of Ukraine. This is the most great monument to Lenin in Ukraine. As reported, in the first day of the week, at dawn, the remains of sculptures uploaded to the car and drove from the area. In addition, another monument to Vladimir Lenin was destroyed in the night of the first day of the week in Dergachi district of Kharkiv region.
according to UNIAN, in front of the monument was attended by approximately 200 people. Some of them are young citizens who fontcaude on a pedestal and try to find the pieces of the sculpture of Lenin. Most people, mainly the elderly, aloud recognize wrongful related to the demolition of the monument and the local authorities.
Between protesters occasionally have conflicts. Police detained one of the audience for violation of the order. The number of people near the pedestal of the monument continues to grow.
Vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine in the end lasted 3 months of political decline, which was accompanied by riots in Kiev and ended with the coming to power of the opposition, who received supervision over the country. The resonance was incident on 1 December 2013, when the radicals dropped from the pedestal of the statue of Lenin in Central Kiev.