Posted on 08/07/2023 4:05:01 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with the country’s trident coat of arms.
The move is part of a wider shift to reclaim Ukraine’s cultural identity from the Communist past amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
Erected in 1981 as part of a larger complex housing the national World War II museum, the 200-foot (61-meter) Mother Ukraine monument stands on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Kyiv, facing eastward toward Moscow.
Created in the image of a fearless female warrior, the statue holds a sword and a shield.
But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.
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Out of curiosity: did I pay for that?
RLTW
And the gaze rejoiced.
No.
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has said repeatedly the state has not spent a single hryvnia on the project, which is estimated to cost 28 million hryvnias (around €700,000), and that cash is coming from big businesses.
Today, 63% of Russians do while only 4% of Ukrainians support that position.
Suprised it wasn’t done a long time ago.
“viewed Stalin in a positive light.”
I guess when you can rewrite history you can make villains out of heroes and heroes out of villains.
But it remains a problem with the symbols and their histories and uses. One from about 1917 and the other from about 1929.
Ref: Hammer and sickle
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle
Ref: Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Ukrainian_Nationalists
Strife over symbols is quite the human phenomenon, such as the disagreement between Christians over the "corpus Christi" crucifix and the "empty cross." It is sure such disagreements will be around long after we all are gone.
No surprise the same people here who support Ukorruption were also the same ones who wanted confederate monuments torn down
the devil’s pitchfork
Homosexuals love the trident because it covers every orifice.
Zelensky has embraced the sodomite movement. He is their gay father figure. /spit
Yes, you did. The US taxpayer completely keeps that country afloat.
Never thought of the Ukrainian people as a seafaring people.
Yes, you did. The US taxpayer completely keeps that country afloat.
US energy companies aren’t paying taxes on their new exports to Europe? Their American employees aren’t buying American and paying taxes on their good salaries? I didn’t know that. Thanks.
That’s like when you provide a household, car, education, healthcare insurance, food etc. to a child… And they mow a neighbors yard. Then they buy something and explain to you that they did it all on their own.
If you can’t believe a Ukrainian opinion poll, what can you believe? Lol
How about a Russian poll from 2019?
Seventy percent of Russian respondents told the Levada Center in 2019 that Stalin played a positive role for Russia. Stalin’s previous record approval rating stood at 54 percent in 2016.
A record low of 19 percent viewed Stalin’s role negatively, down from 32 percent in 2016.
“Stalin begins to be perceived as a symbol of justice and an alternative to the current government, deemed unfair, cruel and not caring about people,” Academy of Sciences sociologist Leonty Byzov was quoted as saying by the RBC news website.
“It’s purely a mythological image of Stalin, very far from the real historical figure,” Byzov added.
The share of Russian respondents who said Stalin’s crimes were unjustified has decreased from 60 percent in 2008 to 45 percent this year, Levada said.
My point remains, indeed, it is re-affirmed.
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