Iconoclasm, semiotics of Leninfall

Abstract

The present work is an analyse of the phenomenon of Leninfall in Ukraine. This analysis explains the historical aspect of the destruction of the statue for a better understanding of iconoclasm and its meaning. The cases studied are depicting diverse types of iconoclasms through history and show the differences between them. In the specific case of the statues in Ukraine and other countries in eastern Europe, this is a studied based on comparisons in the goal to understand which type of expectation can be awaited in Ukraine. The work led to show that the destruction and then the reconstruction of the statue of Lenin in Ukraine can be considered as a sovereignty question. The need of space purification and the boundaries of these iconoclast actions interrogate about the boundaries of iconoclasm.