“The village council of Velika Bagachka in Poltava Oblast has put up for auction a bronze monument to the leader of the Bolsheviks, Lenin, hoping to increase revenue to the local budget. According to Viktor Parkhomenka, the manager of affairs of the executive committee, there are already many people willing to buy the sculpture, and a queue of potential buyers has actually formed. This is reported by Telegraf.ua. “Bronze figure of Volodymyr Lenin, full height, weight – 2680 kg.”, — write on: ua.news
The village council of Velika Bagachka in Poltava Oblast has put up for auction a bronze monument to the leader of the Bolsheviks, Lenin, hoping to increase revenue to the local budget. According to Viktor Parkhomenka, the manager of affairs of the executive committee, there are already many people willing to buy the sculpture, and a queue of potential buyers has actually formed.
This is reported by Telegraf.ua.
“Bronze figure of Volodymyr Lenin, full height, weight – 2680 kg. The figure is in satisfactory condition, there are no mechanical damages, there are traces of paint. The condition in general corresponds to the period of operation. There are some defects that do not significantly affect the operational qualities – oxidation of the surface, some abrasions, erosion (cracking) of some small parts” – this is how the announcement for the sale of Lenin on the electronic auction site Prozorro sounds.
The starting price of the lot is UAH 320,500 without VAT. Applications will be accepted until 20:00 on November 16.
According to Viktor Parkhomenk, head of affairs of the executive committee of the village council, potential buyers have already lined up.
We will remind that at the beginning of November, a monument to Ivan the Terrible was erected in the center of Vologda, Russia.
