Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv

Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
Monument to Lenin in then-named Dzerzhinsky Square (now Freedom Square) in 1973
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50°00′17″N 36°13′52″E / 50.00483°N 36.23119°E / 50.00483; 36.23119
LocationKharkiv, Ukraine
DesignerAlexander Sidorenko
MaterialGranite, Bronze
Length720 m
Width125 m
Beginning date5 November 1963
Opening dateNovember 1964
Dedicated toVladimir Lenin
Dismantled date28 September 2014
StatusUkrainian decommunization laws forbid rebuilding the monument.

The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin, located in Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine, that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the monument in 1963, in the lead up to the anniversary of the October Revolution.

The monument ID was 63-101-0682.[citation needed]