<span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="hps">Lenin's monument</span> <span class="hps">was erected</span> <span class="hps">in front of the</span> <span class="hps">Opera and</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">Ballet Theater. </span></span><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span class="hps">The monument</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">sculptor Sergei</span> <span class="hps">Merkurov</span> <span class="hps">Moscow</span> <span class="hps">(1881-1952). </span></span><br />

City Theatre (other names: Opera, Grand Theatre, Opera House, Ivan <br />

Franko State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Lviv, Solomia <br />

Krushelnytska State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Lviv) has been <br />

the pride and one of the crucial visual points of downtown Lviv for over<br />

a century