Voice of America: Ukraine dismantles Soviet-era monuments to break away from Russian past
On 9 December, municipal workers in Kyiv took down a monument of a Red Army commander Mykola Shchors…
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Ukraine’s Cabinet backs removal of Soviet monuments from heritage list to dismantle them
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers backs the decision to de-register and dismantle monuments of Pushkin, Shchors, and other Russian and Soviet figures from the national cultural heritage list as part of decommunization efforts.
Six Soviet and Russian monuments were dismantled in Ukraine’s Dnipro, including to Pushkin and Gorky
Monuments to Russian and Soviet writer Maxim Gorky and soviet pilot Valeriy Chkalov were dismantled in central-Ukrainian Dnipro…
The last monument to Pushkin was dismantled in Ukrainian Chernivtsi
The last monument to the Russian poet Alexandr Pushkin was dismantled in west-Ukrainian Chernivtsi, the city mayor Roman…
Moscow outraged by calls to remove statues of Russian colonizer in Alaska
The statue of Baranov remains in place, and no decision has yet been taken to do anything to…
Explaining why those monuments are lying
Across the former Soviet empire, non-Russians have been taking down the Soviet-era statues that Moscow had imposed on…
Can America look to Ukraine for guidance on their growing monument problem?
For Americans in light of the Charlottesville events, Ukraine is a world away. Right now it has been…
Russia’s imperial crackdown on the memory of indigenous victims of deportations
Imperial nostalgia against the memory of victims In June 2017, a month after the 73d anniversary of Sürgünlik…
‘What do French prostitutes, Kremlin media and Duma deputies have in common?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Just how bad is Russian economy?” and other neglected Russian Stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Activists in Kyiv trying to demolish monument to Cheka secret police
Activists have started demolishing the monument to the Cheka – the infamous Soviet secret police created by Lenin…
Russians to erect monument to Putin
A monument to Russian President Vladimir Putin is being erected in Saint Petersburg, the Ataman of the IRBIS…