Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin (born Vladimir Ulyanov, 1870–1924) was a Russian revolutionary and political theorist who founded the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and led the October Revolution of 1917. After the revolution he headed the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Russia and led the Soviet state until his death. His theories, known as Leninism, formed the ideological basis of the Soviet Union and of communist parties worldwide.
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Ukraine's cabinet backs monument to Hetman Mazepa in central Kyiv on site of dismantled Lenin statue
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has endorsed a Ministry of Culture proposal to erect a monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv, on the site of the Lenin monument toppled during the Euromaidan in 2013. The initiative was put forward by President Volodymyr Zelensky in June and is being implemented under a presidential decree.