Demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine

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The demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine began during the collapse of the Soviet Union and continued on a smaller scale throughout the 1990s, primarily in some western towns of Ukraine. However, by 2013, most Lenin statues across Ukraine were still intact. During the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests, the destruction of statues became widespread, a phenomenon that came to be popularly known as Leninopad (or Leninfall) in English. The use of "-пад" being akin to English words suffixed with "fall" as in "waterfall" and "snowfall".

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