The Ukrainian capital has completed dismantling the Soviet emblem from the Motherland monument towering in the center of the city. The Ukrainian Culture Ministry plans to have the Ukrainian ...

When such a public emergency is applied, the city administration, ... The Soviet Constitution of 1924 established the hammer and sickle as a part of the State Emblem of the Soviet Union.

Workers removed a Soviet emblem from the shield of the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv, Ukraine. Created by Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich in 1981, the original monument featured a hammer and sickle, ...

Workers removed a Soviet emblem from the shield of the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv, Ukraine. Created by Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich in 1981, the original monument featured a hammer and ...

For decades, millions of people revered, feared, and hated the Soviet emblem, symbolizing the idea of unity between workers and peasants. Although the USSR ceased to exist nearly 30 years ago, the ...

After removal, the emblem will be stored by the Tallinn City Museum. The Russian Cultural Center was built in 1954 and was designated as an architectural monument in 1997 by the Ministry of Culture.

KALININGRAD, Russia — Yevgenia Kvasova was still young when she watched something resembling, by design, a gigantic head rise in the center of her city, on the westernmost edge of Russia.

Workers removed a Soviet emblem from the shield of the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv, Ukraine. Created by Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich in 1981, the original monument featured a hammer and sickle, ...

A trident has been raised on Kyiv’s Motherland Monument to replace a Soviet crest. Footage posted to Telegram on Saturday, 5 August, shows workers hoisting the tryzub, a three-pronged emblem of ...

The Russian Cultural Center at Mere puiestee 5 was built in 1954 and was designated as an architectural monument in 1997 by the Ministry of Culture. It came under the city's management in 2001.

Workers removed a Soviet emblem from the shield of the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv, Ukraine. Created by Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich in 1981, the original monument featured a hammer and sickle, ...