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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 Vladimir ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer and sickle symbol Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era ...
Sir Richard Branson highlights Ukraine conflict at mosaic unveiling - Sir Richard was accompanied at the unveiling by ...
World heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk, together with Sir Richard Branson, unveiled the "Kestrel" mosaic in Trafalgar Square, London on Monday. This marks Usyk's first public event during ...
The exhbition expands upon Nikiforov's 2014 Ukrainian Soviet Mosaic project during which he travelled across Ukraine photographing and documenting the disappearing monumental artworks.
Ukraine's adoption of decommunization laws in 2015 led to the renaming of towns, cities, streets and squares across the country and the abolishment of Soviet statues and monuments.
The Motherland Monument — a 335-foot-tall stainless steel behemoth towering over Ukraine’s capital — was unveiled in 1981 and designed to assert Soviet invincibility.
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.
Soviet-designed district heating systems could give Ukrainian cities a leg up in the energy transition. But in war, they're a vulnerability.
The Soviet collapse did not mean the end of war or of dictatorships, but after 1991, time seemed to be on the side of peace and democracy, if only we could summon the will and find the leadership ...