Author: Anastasiya Byesyedina
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Ukraine: where fallen statues become resurrected as Darth Vader
In 2015, following the establishment of Decommunisation Law, Odesa’s artist, Alexander Milov, intentionally transformed Lenin into the villain who chose the dark side of the force. This humorous act of dressing Lenin in Vader’s attire brings to life the often forgotten and blurred totalitarian characteristics of his persona as a way of demonising the atrocities…
