Communist symbolism decided to dismantle with its public buildings in Kiev
The Kyiv city Council on Thursday decided until August 24 to dismantle Communist symbolism buildings with communal ownership of the Ukrainian capital and to put in its place the state symbols of Ukraine. The decision was supported by 86 deputies." figure out what to Communist symbols to be dismantled, are any main image of the state emblem of the former Soviet Union "hammer and Sickle" and any image of Vladimir Lenin, "according to the decision, writes" Mirror of week ". The city Council has ordered the Department of communal property of the KCSA to the Constitution Day 28 June to conduct an inventory of buildings and structures that have Communist symbols, and schedule its removal. All this symbolism must be removed before the independence Day of Ukraine on August 24, and the holders of such buildings and facilities to 31 March 2016 are now required to include the installation of state symbols of Ukraine at the expense of financial means of the city budget. At the meeting of the city Council suggestions were made to begin the process of cleansing the Communist symbols from the building of the Moscow mayoralty. They also talked about the fact that among the first must be removed the emblem on the shield of the monument "the Motherland" in the Ukrainian capital. First it was claimed that the Kiev city Council has developed a draft decision on the dismantling of Communist symbols in subway stations in the Ukrainian capital, the document has already been endorsed by members of the permanent Commission of the Kyiv city Council on culture and tourism. In Ukraine in the framework of the struggle with the Soviet past more than a year continues active destruction of monuments. Radicals began to tear down the monuments to Lenin in Ukraine from December 8, 2013. In 2014, cases of vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine. This phenomenon is called the "war of monuments" or " Leninabad ". On 9 April the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law prohibiting public use and propaganda of the Communist and national socialist symbols in the country, as well as recognizing these criminal regimes.