2024-12-22T03:18:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149936362/owen-hatherley-on-a-stalinist-city-s-efforts-to-de-communize Alexander Walter 2016-03-24T14:34:00-04:00 >2016-04-08T00:44:12-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f7/f7a4112eca9f18dd072f8edf0fe88ac4?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The largest remaining statue of Lenin in Ukraine was removed from its pedestal in Zaporizhia last week, the latest victim of the Ukrainian ban on Soviet symbols. But how do you go about &ldquo;de-communising&rdquo; an almost entirely Stalinist city?</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related stories in the Archinect news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/140542726/owen-hatherley-on-kiev-s-struggle-with-its-soviet-architectural-heritage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Owen Hatherley on Kiev's struggle with its Soviet architectural heritage</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130182129/owen-hatherley-on-the-mass-housing-history-of-moscow-s-suburbs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Owen Hatherley on the mass housing history of Moscow&rsquo;s suburbs</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/135802570/moscow-skaters-reclaiming-hidden-spaces-on-top-of-soviet-era-buildings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moscow skaters reclaiming hidden spaces on top of Soviet-era buildings</a></li></ul>