KYIV, Ukraine >> Ukraine has replaced the Soviet emblem that once adorned one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks with the country’s coat of arms.

The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced it with the country's trident coat of arms.

Ukrainian business was allowed to use in their trademarks the name of the state of Ukraine and its State Coat of Arms. It was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy. "Ukrainian ...

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

Ukraine has replaced the Soviet emblem that once adorned one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks with the country’s coat of arms.

On Sunday, that emblem was replaced with the Ukrainian tryzub, the three-pronged trident officially adopted as the coat of arms for independent Ukraine on February 19, 1992.

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest stature, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday ...

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest statue, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug ...

The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — has lost its hammer-and-sickle as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with the country’s ...

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.