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 Motherland Monument — a 335-foot-tall stainless steel behemoth towering over Ukraine’s capital — was unveiled in 1981 and designed to assert Soviet invincibility. By Cassandra Vinograd ...

Ukraine replaced the Soviet Union hammer and sickle on the shield of its massive Motherland Monument with the national trident coat of arms.

The documentation process to dismantle the Soviet hammer and sickle on the statue in Kyiv is already underway, Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said on national television on May 6.

The 62-metre (203-foot) statue was dismantled this summer, over a year into Moscow's devastating offensive, to replace the Soviet emblem with the trident -- the Ukrainian coat of arms.

Item 1 of 5 Workers mount a Ukrainian national emblem to the shield of the 'Motherland' monument replacing the Soviet one, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the World War II museum ...

UKRAINE’s iconic Motherland monument war memorial is to have its hammer and sickle insignia erased in a graphic display of Kiev’s anti-communist fervour. The 330-foot statue personifies the former ...

Ukrainian authorities have dismantled one of the country’s most iconic monuments, removing a Soviet coat of arms that was emblazoned on the metal statue. The Motherland Monument is situated at 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.

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