Author name: Anna Kutkina

Both violent and sanctioned destruction of monuments as symbols of an oppressive regime has been a powerful tool of preparing space for prospective political changes. This article addresses versatility of civic stands in relation to development and implementation of ‘decommunization’ policies in post-Euromaidan Ukraine.

Four years down the Euromaidan Revolution, Ukraine and Russia stand strong in claiming their ‘truths’ on major turning points of the countries’ modern history, the annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas.