Monument of the Great October Revolution

Monument of the Great October Revolution

Monument of the Great October Revolution in front of the Hotel "Moskva"
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Designer	Vasyl Borodai, Ivan Znoba, Valentyn Znoba
Type	Monument composition
Material	granite, bronze
Height	18.4 m (60 ft)
Completion date	22 October 1977
Dedicated to	October Revolution
Dismantled date	1991
Because of 2015 Ukrainian decommunization laws all communist monuments in Ukraine legally have to be dismantled.

Monument of the Great October Revolution was a Soviet monument that was located on the October Revolution Square in 1977–1991.

The monument had a form of a granite pylon with a figure of Vladimir Lenin out of red granite (8.9 m (29 ft)). In front of the pylon there were four bronze figures of male and female workers, peasant and sailor, each 5.25 m (17.2 ft) in height. The whole composition was located on a granite stylobate.

Removing of the monument on September 12, 1991 (decision of the Kiev City Council)

Maidan Nezalezhnosti in September 1991, there is seen the monument being taken down