warning Hi, we've moved to USCANNENBERGMEDIA.COM. Visit us there!

Neon Tommy - Annenberg digital news

Lenin Statue Topples In Ukraine

Heidi Carreon |
September 29, 2014 | 11:05 a.m. PDT

Web Producer

Pro-Ukrainians are getting rid of symbols from the Soviet Union. (@lisa_vd_velden/Twitter)
Pro-Ukrainians are getting rid of symbols from the Soviet Union. (@lisa_vd_velden/Twitter)
Pro-Ukrianian protesters toppled a statue of Lenin in Ukraine's second-largest city Sunday night. It is the latest in a movement called "Fall of Lenin" that aims to topple all statues of the late leader of the former Soviet Union. The reaction to the movement fostered a Twitter hashtag, #LeninFall.

Read more from Forbes here.

Reach Web Producer Heidi Carreon here.  



 

Buzz

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.