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11/15/2023 – 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.

A monument to Russian general Alexander Suvorov which was dismantled in Ukrainian city Poltava in 2022. Monuments to Suvorov were installed by the Russian empire in almost every Ukrainian city despite the fact he was actively involved in suppressing Ukrainian revolts in 18th century.

From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has supported a decision that allows the removal of monuments to Russian port Pushkin, Soviet military commander Shchors, and other Russian and Soviet figures from the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Cultural Heritage of National Significance and the dismantling of monuments to them.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy on 10 November.

“The liberation of Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian culture from communist, Soviet, and Russian-imperial evil continues. Local authorities must finally clear the space of markers of anti-Ukrainian policy – dismantle and transfer monuments,” said acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy Rostyslav Karandeiev.

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