Ukrainian Parliament renames 327 towns to break away from the Soviet heritage
Old settlements will have their original names returned instead of Soviet or Russian imperial names. For some newer settlements, citizens proposed new names.
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Decommunization in Ukraine
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Kyiv’s decommunization effort continues with removal of Soviet star
This Soviet symbol was located in Halytska Square (formerly Victory Square)
The last monument to Pushkin was dismantled in Ukrainian Chernivtsi
The last monument to the Russian poet Alexandr Pushkin was dismantled in west-Ukrainian Chernivtsi, the city mayor Roman…
Pushkin monuments disappear from Ukrainian streets following Lenin, as derussification is underway
The new Ukrainian cultural liberation includes abandoning the narrative of “Great Russian Culture” that implied that other cultures…
Last Lenin statue in Ukraine falls
The last statue of Lenin on public land in those portions of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv was demolished…
Soviet-era legacy: An issue in Ukrainian Criminal Code exploited to blackmail prisoners
Decommunization in Ukraine should not end solely with the renaming of cities, streets, and tearing down monuments to…
Three telling poll results from Belarus
Polls in authoritarian countries like Belarus are hardly reliable given that many people there doubt that surveys are…
Prisoners of state secrecy: How Russia aborted its “archival revolution”
This article is the third part of “An email to the realm of shadows,” Euromaidan Press’ series on…
Who wants the USSR back in Ukraine?
Ukrainska Pravda studied research from the Razumkov Center and the Rating Group, spoke with sociologists and historians, became…
Ukraine must officially recognize Soviet regime as an occupation, Kyiv historian says
Since communism collapsed in Eastern Europe in 1989 and in the Soviet space in 1991, those countries which…
Many Ukrainians remain “Soviet people” decades after collapse of the USSR. How to eliminate “Bolshevism of the mind”?
In the evening of 25 October 1917, a blank shot from the forecastle gun of the Cruiser “Aurora” signaled the start of…
EU Eastern Partnership experts say Ukraine’s opening of KGB archives is exemplary
Experts from the countries of the Eastern Partnership spoke about access to the archives of the communist secret…
UK exhibition on 1917 Revolution puts Ukraine’s Leninfall in the spotlight
Many events worldwide are commemorating the centenary of the Russian revolution of 1917. Most are funded by the…
Can America look to Ukraine for guidance on their growing monument problem?
For Americans in light of the Charlottesville events, Ukraine is a world away. Right now it has been…
Newly opened Lviv museum of totalitarian regimes welcomes visitors and researchers from abroad
The “Territory of Terror” memorial museum in the western-Ukrainian city of Lviv is located in a place that…
Difficult choice for Ukraine as identities of KGB agents finally come to light
Ukraine’s resolve to open the archives of the communist special services makes publicly available not only the files…
Museum of Soviet monumental propaganda to open in Kyiv in fall of 2017
Ever since the toppling of the Lenin monument in Kyiv during the winter of 2013 amid the Euromaidan…
Ukrainians discover stories of repressed relatives in newly opened KGB archives
Russia and Ukraine hold the world’s largest documentary collections of Communist secret services that ceased to exist in…
The real clash of civilizations: Last Lenin comes down in Kyiv as Stalin cult rises in Moscow
Most of those influenced by Samuel Huntington’s ideas about “the clash of civilizations” have focused on the confrontation…
Andrey Zubov: Russia will one day be a normal country
Professor Andrey Zubov was one of the two speakers from Russia at the 10th Kyiv Security Forum which…