Back in the USSR The reappearance of Soviet flags and statues of Lenin
Apr 29, 2022
4 minutes
By Luke Harding KYIV
A familiar figure returned to the main square of the seaside town of Henichesk last week. Vladimir Lenin was back on his pedestal. A statue of the Bolshevik leader had been erected outside the town’s main council building. Flying from the roof were the Russian and Soviet flags. All in time for Lenin’s 152nd birthday last Friday
Henichesk, however, is not in Russia. It is – or was, until Vladimir Putin’s invasion – a sleepy settlement in southern Ukraine. The town of 20,000 people has a house of culture, a long strip of beach and a Vegas-themed hotel. It also has new imperial masters: Russians.
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