Lion Modeled From Those at Ukrainian Palace Hosting the Yalta Conference for Sale

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Lion Modeled From Those at Ukrainian Palace Hosting the Yalta Conference:
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Lion Modeled From Those at Ukrainian Palace Hosting the Yalta Conference
This is a simple plaster figurine modeled after the lions on either side of the stairway at the Ukrainian Palace where the historic Yalta Conference was hosted.The figure is 4 and 1/4 inches long, 2.0 inches wide and 3 and 5/8 inches high.From Wikipedia:

TheYalta Conference, also known as theCrimea Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was theWorld War IImeeting of the heads of government of theUnited States, theUnited Kingdomand theSoviet Unionto discuss the postwar reorganization ofGermanyand Europe. The three states were represented byPresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt,Prime MinisterWinston Churchill, andGeneral SecretaryJoseph Stalin, respectively. The conference was held nearYaltainCrimea,Soviet Union, within theLivadia,Yusupov, andVorontsovpalaces.[1]

The aim of the conference was to shape a postwar peace that represented not only acollective securityorder but also a plan to give self-determination to the liberated peoples of Europe. Intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe, within a few years, with theCold Wardividing the continent, the conference became a subject of intense controversy.

Yalta Conference
Crimean Conference
The \"Big Three\" at the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. Behind them stand, from the left, Field Marshal SirAlan Brooke, Fleet AdmiralErnest King, Fleet AdmiralWilliam D. Leahy, General of the ArmyGeorge Marshall, Major GeneralLaurence S. Kuter, GeneralAleksei Antonov, Vice AdmiralStepan Kucherov, and Admiral of the FleetNikolay Kuznetsov.Host countrySoviet UnionDate4–11 February 1945Venue(s)Livadia PalaceCitiesYalta,Crimean ASSR,Russia,Soviet UnionParticipantsJoseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. RooseveltFollowsTehran ConferencePrecedesPotsdam Conference