03. November 2025 - 16:15
Liana Blikharska (Lviv/Jena)
17. November 2025 - 18:00
Am 17. November 2025 ist die russische Historikerin, Autorin und Mitbegründerin der Menschenrechtsorganisation Memorial, Irina Scherbakowa, zu Gast am…
by Viktoriia Nechyporuk
While there have been recurring debates about how to deal with the Soviet legacy since the country's independence, in 2015 decommunisation became a systemic imperative of Ukrainian state policy. Particularly in the case of monuments that are an essential part of the public space, redefinition became a strategy of decommunisation. The article examines the debates surrounding and the alteration of such a monument, the Motherland statue in Kiyv.
