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Le sort réservé aux statues de Lénine, révélateur du fossé entre la Russie et l’Ukraine

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By Dominique Colas, Professeur émérite de Science politique, Sciences Po

Au moment de son démantèlement en 1991, l’Union soviétique comptait des milliers de statues représentant son fondateur, Vladimir Lénine (1870-1924). Les quinze républiques constitutives de l’Union, devenues autant d’États indépendants, ont adopté à l’égard de ces monuments des politiques très différentes, qui en disent long sur leur vision politique et historique – ou, du moins, sur celle de leurs dirigeants. On le constate tout particulièrement en examinant les cas, opposés ici comme sur bien d’autres points, de l’Ukraine et de la Russie. Dominique Colas, professeur émérite de science politique…

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