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Ukraine must stop destroying its cultural heritage

Ukraine must stop demolishing its public statues, says Yevheniia Moliar

11 March 2023

9:00 AM

11 March 2023

9:00 AM

Russia is not the only country erasing Ukraine’s cultural heritage. Ukraine itself has been demolishing its own public statues and murals for years. Before the war, in 2015, our parliament passed legislation that criminalised communist propaganda. ‘Decommunisation’ was a deceptively simple idea: it started with the removal of our 1,300 Lenins and a few other revolutionary figures.

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