Ukraine replaces Soviet symbol on tallest statue
Ukraine has put a trident in place of the Soviet hammer and sickle emblem on the shield of a gigantic statue overlooking Kyiv. The country is purging its public areas of reminders of Russian rule. – AFP pic, August 6, 2023.
UKRAINE’S trident coat of arms glimmered on the shield of a gigantic statue overlooking Kyiv today, after construction workers winched it up to replace a Soviet hammer and sickle. The operation to put the trident in place of the Soviet emblem on the 62m-tall steel figure of a woman, known as the Fatherland Mother, began last month, as Ukraine purges its public areas of reminders of Russian and Soviet rule.
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