Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

The trident symbol disappeared after the Mongol Empire conquered Kyivan Rus’ in the middle of the 13th century, but it returned in 20 th century with Ukraine’s efforts to regain independence ...

The symbolism of the Trident is based on the combination of three basic elements of life in a three-dimensional world. There is, however, an older, pre-Arian metaphysical meaning of the symbol: The ...

The Ukrainian coat of arms, a trident, is an official symbol of the country and dates back over a thousand years. Users online sharing photos of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy donning the ...

Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

(CNN) — Ukraine has removed Soviet-era signage from a hilltop monument in Kyiv, amid a conflict that has seen the country fight to reassert its cultural identity in the face of Russian President ...

(CNN) — Ukraine has removed Soviet-era signage from a hilltop monument in Kyiv, amid a conflict that has seen the country fight to reassert its cultural identity in the face of Russian President ...

By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has removed Soviet-era signage from a hilltop monument in ...