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Thirty-two years after Ukraine proclaimed independence, it replaced the Soviet emblem from the country's tallest statue, the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, with Ukraine’s coat of arms, the trident.

What does it have to do with Russia’s war against Ukraine? And why is the country getting rid of the Soviet remnants — from the USSR symbols to monuments of Lenin and Red Army soldiers?

Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Motherland Monument in Kyiv
02:33 - Leninopad or "Lenin-fall"
05:31 - People's Friendship Arch
06:45 - World War II monuments
08:41 - Renaming villages, towns and cities
10:06 - Back to the USSR

The video was filmed by Liza Pyrozhkova and edited by Dana Yakym.