They were erected during the Soviet period and stood, among other places, in Vilnius (at least two statues, one of them together with Lithuanian communist leader Kapsukas), Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Jonava, Druskininkai, and Jurbarkas (the Jurbarkas Lenin is now part of an installation in Europos Parkas park in Vilnius).
In 1939–1941, after the attack of the Red Army, statues of Lenin were in: Sokółka,[90] Augustów, Kolno, Suwałki, Białystok (pulled down in June 1941), Łomża, Choroszcz (3x),[91] Brańsk, Bielsk Podlaski, Jedwabne,[92][93] Siemiatycze,[94] Śniadowo, Czyżewo (pulled down July 5, 1941),[95] Zaręby Kościelne,[96] Zambrów,[97] Przemyśl, Lubaczów, Łapy, Zabłudów[98] etc.
[110] Following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, more than 500 statues of Lenin were dismantled between February 2014 and April 2015, after which nearly 1,700 remained standing.
[citation needed] On May 15, 2015, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that set a six-month deadline for the removal of the country's communist monuments.
[107] In April 2015, a formal decommunization process started in Ukraine after laws were approved which, among other acts, outlawed communist symbols.