More than 100 monuments of the Soviet period is supposed to carry in Kiev
Ukrainian Institute of national remembrance addressed to the mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko With the petition to dismantle more than 100 monuments of the Soviet period.
in may in Ukraine entered into force adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of the law " about the condemnation of the Communist and Nazi regimes ", for example, prohibiting propaganda of Soviet symbols. The legislative act also prohibited the public use of symbols of the Communist regime. The document caused a great resonance in society, because it has not been clearly written by the boundaries of its use. The government promised to amend the law changes and remove inaccuracies. The mayor of Kiev ordered until November 21 to remove Communist symbols From the streets of the capital and metro facilities.
"List of monuments in Kiev to be dismantled, took 3 pages, the List of memorable characters - eleven sheets. It contains not only names and locations, but also the rationale why a person subject to the laws of decommunization ", - is informed in the report of the press service of the Institute.
in the list to be dismantled monuments includes 12 sculptures of Vladimir Lenin, as well as monuments to his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya, the chief of the division of the red army during the Civil war Nikolai Shchors and Soviet writer, author of the novel "How the steel was tempered" to Nikolay Ostrovsky. Disassemble in the Ukrainian capital and several memorial plaques in honor of the Soviet leaders. From the facades of buildings have plans to remove the plaque commemorating the commander of the red army Vasil Kikvidze, Soviet military commander Sergei Kamenev and military leader Ivan Oak.