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Lenin Statue Turned Into Darth Vader In Odessa, Ukraine
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Lenin Statue Turned Into Darth Vader In Odessa, Ukraine

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A statue of Lenin in Odessa, Ukraine, that was scheduled for “decommunization” by president Petro Poroshenko has found new life as a monument to “Star Wars'” Darth Vader. Famous sculptor Alexander Milov, who’s previously been featured on Bored Panda, is unveiling the WiFi-enabled statue today at 11:00.

“The Bronze Lenin was left inside, so that the grateful or not so grateful descendants could exhume him, if needed,” Milov told the media. Asked to comment on the statue, a nearby factory’s warehouse manager waxed philosophical. “Everything glows, everything changes, old figures give wave to new ones, and so the world turns.”

More info: dumskaya.net | Facebook (h/t: meduza)

A statue of Lenin in Odessa, Ukraine, was just “decommunized” by order of president Petro Poroshenko

Lenin was transformed into Darth Vader, who also works as a free WIFI hot spot

Alexander Milov is the sculptor in charge of this decommunization project

Who better represents the Dark Side? Lenin or Darth Vader?

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Annie
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

About time Darth Vader got some respect around here ;0;

BrianBattensby
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm reading a book about life in Russia after the 1917 revolution, I think most folk would have rather had Darth Vader leading the country.

TheodoreKaskanis
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be a good idea to read a book about life in Russia before the 1917 revolution. I think you might reconsider your statement.

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SusannaVesna
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On a serious note...While I love Darth Vader and would have his statue rather than Lenin's, the fact that Ukraine has a political party (The Internet Party of Ukraine) lead by a "Darth Vader" character, who has been recently petitioned to be the Prime Minister of Ukraine just shows what kind of circus Ukraine has turned itself into... A president who is a drunkard and a puppet, and a Halloween costume who wants to be Prime Minister.

RJazz909
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ALL HAIL LORD VADER!!!!!!! *bows to vader* Stormtrooper: "Sir we haven't found the droids we're looking for yet." *Stormtooper gets force choked*

tuatualak
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air

DiegoBelli
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i think comrade Lenin got an upgrade ehe... sleeker , darker, more 80's huh

DiegoBelli
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i always saw that darth vader outfit looks like a futuristic, meaner version of the outfits worn by the SS

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Nora jck
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A bad idea...It's meaningless.... Lenin is a part of history, whether we agree or disagree with him. It is not possible to compare him with a fictional character like Darth Vader . I am not sure that somebody would remember Darth Vador after passing just some decades . Do you think that someone will know who Darth Vador was in 2066? It's pop culture and it will be changed very fast. Those movies were made just for entertainment and nothing else. they have to change that statue very soon and replace it with a new one... :)))) because it becomes old and out of fashion and it looks awkward, like someone who wears 50's clothes and walking in the streets in 2016. If those people disagreed with Lenin' s idea , it would better they replace Lenin's statue with a real character in Ukraine's history, sport or science... It could be more meaningful and off course durable :)

Nora jck
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A bad idea...It's meaningless.... Lenin is a part of history, whether we like or dislike him. It is not possible to compare him with a fictional character like Darth Vader . I am not sure that somebody would remember Darth Vador after passing just some decades . It's pop culture and it will be changed very fast. Those movies were made for entertainment and nothing else

SoonTekh
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH F*****G PLEASE!! WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP BEING ASSHATS AND ACTUALLY START INTERNALISING THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CAPITALISM/SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM INSTEAD OF JUST F*****G GUESSING AND LYING ABOUT IT!!

FlorescuIulia-Marina
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

http://infoinsider.ro/2012/07/13/alien-vladimir-ilici-lenin-balaurul-cu-sapte-capete/

FlorescuIulia-Marina
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

http://infoinsider.ro/2012/06/13/arta-urbana-lenin-de-aur-topit-sub-arsita-istoriei/

AnnaKähne
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

idiots... and not because i love Lenin. But this is historic heritage, whether you like it or not. removing lenin statue does not do anything, it is what you can build instead what really matters. This people have nothing, no values, no respect. They are just greedy monsters. They remove Lenin statues, because these monuments are just the reminders of their own corruption and ruthlessness.

GeoffreyFroment
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i was here : http://geoffreyfroment.tumblr.com/post/131809734445/darth-vader-just-get-his-own-statue-no-its-not-a

GeoffreyFroment
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i was here : http://geoffreyfroment.tumblr.com/post/131809734445/darth-vader-just-get-his-own-statue-no-its-not-a

tuatualak
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the world going to crazy...ı feel it in the water..ı smell it in the air...

AntonAndreich
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One is a brutal mass murderer who had political opponents tortured and used weapons of mass destruction on an unsuspecting population. The other is Darth Vader.

Annie
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

About time Darth Vader got some respect around here ;0;

BrianBattensby
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm reading a book about life in Russia after the 1917 revolution, I think most folk would have rather had Darth Vader leading the country.

TheodoreKaskanis
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be a good idea to read a book about life in Russia before the 1917 revolution. I think you might reconsider your statement.

Load More Replies...
SusannaVesna
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On a serious note...While I love Darth Vader and would have his statue rather than Lenin's, the fact that Ukraine has a political party (The Internet Party of Ukraine) lead by a "Darth Vader" character, who has been recently petitioned to be the Prime Minister of Ukraine just shows what kind of circus Ukraine has turned itself into... A president who is a drunkard and a puppet, and a Halloween costume who wants to be Prime Minister.

RJazz909
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ALL HAIL LORD VADER!!!!!!! *bows to vader* Stormtrooper: "Sir we haven't found the droids we're looking for yet." *Stormtooper gets force choked*

tuatualak
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air

DiegoBelli
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i think comrade Lenin got an upgrade ehe... sleeker , darker, more 80's huh

DiegoBelli
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i always saw that darth vader outfit looks like a futuristic, meaner version of the outfits worn by the SS

Load More Replies...
Nora jck
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A bad idea...It's meaningless.... Lenin is a part of history, whether we agree or disagree with him. It is not possible to compare him with a fictional character like Darth Vader . I am not sure that somebody would remember Darth Vador after passing just some decades . Do you think that someone will know who Darth Vador was in 2066? It's pop culture and it will be changed very fast. Those movies were made just for entertainment and nothing else. they have to change that statue very soon and replace it with a new one... :)))) because it becomes old and out of fashion and it looks awkward, like someone who wears 50's clothes and walking in the streets in 2016. If those people disagreed with Lenin' s idea , it would better they replace Lenin's statue with a real character in Ukraine's history, sport or science... It could be more meaningful and off course durable :)

Nora jck
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A bad idea...It's meaningless.... Lenin is a part of history, whether we like or dislike him. It is not possible to compare him with a fictional character like Darth Vader . I am not sure that somebody would remember Darth Vador after passing just some decades . It's pop culture and it will be changed very fast. Those movies were made for entertainment and nothing else

SoonTekh
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH F*****G PLEASE!! WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP BEING ASSHATS AND ACTUALLY START INTERNALISING THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CAPITALISM/SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM INSTEAD OF JUST F*****G GUESSING AND LYING ABOUT IT!!

FlorescuIulia-Marina
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

http://infoinsider.ro/2012/07/13/alien-vladimir-ilici-lenin-balaurul-cu-sapte-capete/

FlorescuIulia-Marina
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

http://infoinsider.ro/2012/06/13/arta-urbana-lenin-de-aur-topit-sub-arsita-istoriei/

AnnaKähne
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

idiots... and not because i love Lenin. But this is historic heritage, whether you like it or not. removing lenin statue does not do anything, it is what you can build instead what really matters. This people have nothing, no values, no respect. They are just greedy monsters. They remove Lenin statues, because these monuments are just the reminders of their own corruption and ruthlessness.

GeoffreyFroment
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i was here : http://geoffreyfroment.tumblr.com/post/131809734445/darth-vader-just-get-his-own-statue-no-its-not-a

GeoffreyFroment
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i was here : http://geoffreyfroment.tumblr.com/post/131809734445/darth-vader-just-get-his-own-statue-no-its-not-a

tuatualak
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the world going to crazy...ı feel it in the water..ı smell it in the air...

AntonAndreich
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One is a brutal mass murderer who had political opponents tortured and used weapons of mass destruction on an unsuspecting population. The other is Darth Vader.

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