On December 1, police guarded the statue of Vladimir Lenin in Kiev so that citizens protesting President Viktor Yanukovich's turn away from Europe and toward Russiawouldn't attempt anything radical.
Today the statue was toppled in a powerful act of defiance.
Here's the triumphant scene of protesters pwning decapitated Lenin with a sledgehammer:
A huge symbolic victory:
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