The Arch of Friendship of Peoples in Kyiv will be renamed the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People.
Міська Kyiv authorities on Tuesday (April 26th) dismantled sculptures of two workers who, during the Soviet era, symbolized the “reunification of Ukraine with Russia” under the People's Arch of Friendship. During the dismantling of one of them, the head fell off, said Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko in the Telegram.
symbolically – when they tried to lift the sculpture with a crane, the head of a Russian worker fell off, “the mayor stressed.
Klitschko also said: “The second sculptural composition – made of red granite – will be covered with finishing materials and also disassembled later. Because there is a more complicated procedure and it will take more time. And before that it can be used as a space for exhibitions. And we will highlight it with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. “
According to him, the Arch of Friendship of Peoples will be renamed the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian people.
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Earlier it was reported that Ternopil dismantled a monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin .
At the same time, Uzhhorod residents are asking local authorities to de-Russify the names of streets and squares in the city . In particular, they want to rename the streets of Turgenev, Chekhov, Shishkin, Saltykov-Shchedrin and others.
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