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Kharkiv Oblast governor Ihor Baluta said he signed a decree on removal of the monument to leader of the Bolshevik Revolution Vladimir Lenin just minutes before it fell in Kharkiv on Sept. 28.

“So, the monument to Lenin fell. Glory to God that it’s all fine. I mean that there are no victims, no injuries,” Baluta said.
The felling of Lenin caused major controversies among the residents of the city, though Kharkiv Mayor Henadiy Kernes said that the governor had no right to decree the removal of the monument in the city.