{"id":4462,"date":"2014-09-30T12:03:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T09:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2014-09-30T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T09:07:44","slug":"why-the-toppling-of-lenin-in-kharkiv-is-more-significant-than-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-the-toppling-of-lenin-in-kharkiv-is-more-significant-than-you-might-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Toppling of Lenin in Kharkiv Is More Significant than You Might Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday in the center Of Ukraine&#8217;s second largest city a pro-Ukraine crowd cut the legs from underneath Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and pulled his image to the ground!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4463\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4463\" data-attachment-id=\"4463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-the-toppling-of-lenin-in-kharkiv-is-more-significant-than-you-might-think\/kharkiv_lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1412053683&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940&amp;#215;1090\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4463 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090.jpg\" alt=\"Lenin falls in Kharkiv AP Photo\/Igor Chekachkov\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lenin falls in Kharkiv AP Photo\/Igor Chekachkov<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You may think, &#8220;Big deal, it was just a statue!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was a big deal and let me tell you why!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlafAxDtZJE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Lenin Was More Than a Leader, He Was Divine<\/h4>\n<p>One thing the leaders of the USSR quickly realized was that they couldn&#8217;t just get rid of the idea of God. People need a god, they need something or someone to worship.<\/p>\n<p>It was clear by the time Lenin died that in the eyes of many people he had already risen to divine status. Nearly a million people passed by his body within the first 3 days after his death.<\/p>\n<p>Soviet leaders decided that it would be good to keep Lenin around and had his body embalmed and placed for viewing in the Lenin Mausoleum. They also quickly renamed St. Petersburg, one of the most significant Russian cities, to Leningrad.<\/p>\n<p>What followed in the years after was the creation of thousands of monuments, stories of how he loved children, songs of praise and many romanticized paintings of Lenin! His portrait hung in every classroom and children learned from an early age how amazing Lenin was and that he loved them and that he was their &#8220;grandfather.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They even had a saying about Lenin that went like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lenin was, Lenin is, Lenin will be!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does that sound familiar? Maybe because it describes the nature of God!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt from nice song that children would sing about Lenin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lenin &#8211; is the blossom of spring,<br \/>\nLenin &#8211; a victory cry!<br \/>\nHail the centuries, Lenin,<br \/>\nOur dear Ilyich!<\/p>\n<p>The fate of peoples dreams of generations<br \/>\nHe foresaw with his eagle eye.<br \/>\nImmortal, in life, Lenin will live forever<br \/>\nIt was his wise work that created the communist party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Lenin Was Really a Russian Leader<\/h4>\n<p>They may have called it the Soviet Union but in reality the former USSR was a Russian led and Russian dominated state. Moscow was the capital and the glory of the Soviet Union. Russians saw it as their empire, their dominion.<\/p>\n<p>Everything significant happened in Moscow. The communist party headquarters was in Moscow and from it flowed all power and authority. Although Russia was technically a republic of the USSR it had by far the largest population and the greatest landmass. The other republics recognized that the Soviet Union was really a Russian union.<\/p>\n<h4>Lenin Represents the Soviet Style Leadership<\/h4>\n<p>Soviet style of leadership is typified by a system that is held together with bribes, threats, fear and oppression. It is a system that allows only the dishonest to get rich and stay rich. It promotes cronyism and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>If you grew up in Ukraine or Russia then it&#8217;s safe to say that if you see a wealthy person or a person with political power you immediately assume that they are corrupt. \u00a0You know that there&#8217;s very little chance of getting to where they are with out being involved in some less than honest practices.<\/p>\n<p>Many Ukrainians are demanding a new style of leadership. A style that looks more like Western Europe, where laws are meant to protect the people and not those in power. Where you can live honestly, obey the law and still do well. They don&#8217;t want to be forced back into this new form of the Soviet Union that is rolling across the border to the East.<\/p>\n<h4>Lenin Represents the Current Russo-Nationalistic Movement<\/h4>\n<p>The current movement of Russo-nationalism certainly looks much different than the communistic utopia that Lenin tried so hard to create. Honestly, I think Lenin himself would be horrified by what is happening in Eastern Ukraine right now. However, for Ukrainians Lenin represents Russian domination and authority.<\/p>\n<p>Lenin represents the forceful expansion of the Russian Federation into places like South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h4>What the Toppling of Lenin Means in Kharkiv<\/h4>\n<p>Kharkiv is Ukraine&#8217;s second largest city and it lies less than 20 miles from the Russian border. Kharkiv is primarily a Russian speaking city and historically has many close ties to Russia. Many people who live in and around Kharkiv travel back and forth to Russia on regular basis for business and to visit family.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these close ties to Russia Kharkiv is making a bold statement! They are saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We do not welcome a Russian invasion! We do not want Russian control! We do not want to go back to the Soviet Union!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thankfully, so far Kharkiv has managed to successfully keep Russia from slipping her fingers around the neck of this Ukrainian city. Now that the Lenin idol is down, I&#8217;m hopeful that this will mark a future free from Russian aggression!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday in the center Of Ukraine&#8217;s second largest city a pro-Ukraine crowd cut the legs from underneath Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and pulled his image to the ground!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-4462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine-2","tag-kharkiv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kharkiv_Lenin-e1411951644167-1940x1090.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-19Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5104,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/terrorist-kill-3-injure-10-during-peace-march-in-kharkiv-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":4462,"position":0},"title":"Terrorist Kill 3 Injure 10 During Peace March in Kharkiv Ukraine","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"February 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today a peaceful march in support of the unity of Ukraine was interrupted by a bomb blast which took the lives of two marchers and one police man and injured ten others. 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