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哈尔科夫列宁雕像被拆除Nationalists have torn down a statue of Lenin in the centre of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, in a move supported by officials.乌克兰第二大城市哈尔科夫城市中心的一座列宁雕像被民族主义者拆除，当地官员对这一举动表示支持。Pro-Russian demonstrators rallied at the statue over the winter months People cheered and leapt for joy as the statue came crashing down. Pro-Russian demonstrators in the largely Russian-speaking city defended the statue in February, when President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted1. Kharkiv escaped the violent unrest which swe pt through east Ukraine's other regions, Donetsk and Lu hansk. A fragile ceasefire has been in place for weeks between pro-Russian separatists in those two regions. On Sunday night, when nationalist protesters had already gathered around the statue for a "Kharkiv is Ukraine" rally, the governor of Kharkiv region, Ihor Baluta, signed an order to dismantle2 the statue. Some correspondents s ay the order was probably a last-minute face-saving move. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Facebook (in Russian) that he had given orders for police to ensure only the safety of people, "not the idol3". "Lenin? Let him fall..." he wrote. "As long as people don't get hurt. As long as this bloody4 communist idol does not take more victims with it when it goes." However, Ukrainian media reported that police had begun an investigation5 into "vandalism". One protester was reportedly injured in the head as the statue was dismantled6.1 ousted 驱逐( oust 的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺参考例句：He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。 He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。 2 dismantle vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消...