Monument of the Great October Revolution

Monument of the Great October Revolution was a Soviet monument that was located on the October Revolution Square from 19771991 in what is now Independence Square[2] in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital city and during the lifespan of the Monument of the Great October Revolution the capital city of the Ukrainian SSR as part of the Soviet Union.[nb 1]

Monument of the Great October Revolution
Monument of the Great October Revolution in front of the Hotel "Moskva"
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
DesignerVasyl Borodai, Ivan Znoba, Valentyn Znoba
TypeMonument composition
Materialgranite, bronze
Height18.4 m (60 ft)
Completion date22 October 1977
Dedicated toOctober Revolution
Dismantled date1991
Because of 2015 Ukrainian decommunization laws all communist monuments in Ukraine legally have to be dismantled.[1]

Description

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.

Designers

  • Vasyl Borodai, sculptor
  • Ivan Znoba, sculptor
  • Valentyn Znoba, sculptor
  • Oleksandr Malynovsky, architect
  • M.Skybytsky, architect

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