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Watch: Ukraine Removes Soviet Hammer and Sickle From Huge Kyiv Statue
Ukraine started to remove the Soviet emblem from the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, one of Europe’s tallest statues. Ukraine’s coat of arms will replace the hammer and sickle ahead of Ukraine's ...
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The women fighting to preserve Ukraine's Soviet murals.
The mural has had its hammer (in the Soviet hammer-and-sickle motif) removed and is now back on display (behind scaffolding). The mosaic, Blacksmiths Of The Present, at the entrance to a nuclear ...
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Watch: Ukraine Replaces Soviet Emblem on Huge Kyiv Statue
The trident symbol replaces the Soviet hammer and sickle, which were removed from the monument earlier in the week. Photo: Roman Pilipey/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...
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A Bulgarian Attraction Holds One Of The World's Most Impressive Monuments From The Soviet Era
Giving off the image of a flying saucer crash landed in the desolate central Bulgarian mountains, the Buzludzha Monument is a ramshackle remnant of the Soviet ... a vast hammer and sickle.