Unidentified tore down the statue of Lenin in the village of Zatoka Odessa region of Ukraine, said local media. " The monument was destroyed about a dozen unidentified young men in balaclavas and camouflage uniforms, who had arrived by bus and were called by the defense of Odessa ", - said the head of the village Council Vasyl Zvyagintsev, reports TASS. Recall, Ukraine for more than a year continues active destruction of monuments. The radicals began to tear down the monuments to Lenin in Ukraine, December 8, 2013. In 2014 vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine. This phenomenon is called the "war of monuments" or " Leninabad ". So, on January 2, Lenin Monument was demolished by vandals in the Odessa region, in the fall sculpture split. However, he damaged not only the monuments of the Soviet leaders. So, supporters of euromayday, Brody was removed from the pedestal of the Monument to the Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov, and in Kharkiv unknown wrote curses the Monument to Pushkin. We emphasize that in January 2015 in battle monuments decided to join the Ministry of culture of Ukraine. As said the Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, the Ukrainian Ministry of culture is going to achieve the exception of monuments to Soviet leaders from the state registry.
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