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Kiev and Lvov police dismantled the Stalin Pis monuments hours after they were unveiled.

Ukrainian Activists Unveil Stalin Pis Monuments

00:09 08/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti)

Activists from Ukraine’s nationalist party Bratstvo on Monday mocked Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin by installing a Pissing Stalin Golden Monument in Kiev and in the western city Lvov

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