The State Inspection of Architecture and Urban Planning announced on July 13 that it issued a permit to replace the Soviet emblem on the Motherland Monument, one of Kyiv's most significant landmarks, ...

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. "Now project ...

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 and Sarah ...

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 trident ...

The operation to put the trident in place of the Soviet emblem on the 62-metre-tall steel figure of a woman, known as the Fatherland Mother, began last month ...

The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv's Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms. The tryzub emblem is said to represent a stronger self-identity for Ukraine. The works are set to ...

A 2.5-tonne concrete Soviet emblem has been removed from the roof of the Russian Cultural Center in Tallinn, the latest prominent symbol of the USSR's occupation of Estonia to be removed from public ...

After Belarus (slightly) updated its official crest, we had a look at some other former Soviet emblems, before and after independence. Uzbek S.S.R. All Soviet emblems were required to feature the ...

Are Americans drinking less? New data says yes, but not by much Americans say they are drinking less alcohol than ever before. But new data shows the number of drinks U.S. adults have per week has in ...

The gigantic statue was built in 1981 - Copyright AFP ANDY BUCHANAN The gigantic statue was built in 1981 - Copyright AFP ANDY BUCHANAN A gigantic statue of a woman ...