A statue of Vladimir Lenin stood over Kyiv’s Bessarabska Square from 1946 until pro-democracy protesters tore it down on Dec. 8, 2013-more than 22 years after Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union.
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A man poses for a picture at the newly displayed art installation "Middle way" by Romanian artist Bogdan Rata in Kyiv on Sept. 28. The monument set on the central Kyiv street of Khreshchatyk, at the place of Vladimir Lenin monument which was destroyed in 2013 during the Maidan events.
