A small bomb attack took place in town of Pushkin, near Russia’s St. Petersburg, on Dec. 6 late in the evening splitting a monument of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in two.
Video footage shows the damaged figure with its top half dislodged. The explosion also blew out windows from the first to the third floor in nearby buildings.
Incidences of vandalism against monuments of Soviet leaders happen from time to time in Russia and North Caucasus and neighboring Ukraine, where many statues from the Soviet era still stand.
In most cases, attackers have defaced the statues using paint or damaged them with hammers and other tools.
A previous bomb attack happened in St. Petersburg in April 2009. Those responsible have not yet been found. At that time, an explosion damaged a large statue standing at the Finland Rail Terminal. The explosion created about a 39-inch hole in the bottom of the 10-meter bronze figure of Lenin.
Video footage shows the damaged figure with its top half dislodged. The explosion also blew out windows from the first to the third floor in nearby buildings.
Incidences of vandalism against monuments of Soviet leaders happen from time to time in Russia and North Caucasus and neighboring Ukraine, where many statues from the Soviet era still stand.
In most cases, attackers have defaced the statues using paint or damaged them with hammers and other tools.
A previous bomb attack happened in St. Petersburg in April 2009. Those responsible have not yet been found. At that time, an explosion damaged a large statue standing at the Finland Rail Terminal. The explosion created about a 39-inch hole in the bottom of the 10-meter bronze figure of Lenin.
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