Workers removed the Soviet Coat of Arms, the State Emblem of the Soviet Union, from the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The Soviet symbols will be replaced by the ...

Ukraine has replaced the Soviet emblem that once adorned one of the nation's most recognizable landmarks with the country's coat of arms. Skip to content.

The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — has lost its hammer-and-sickle as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with the country’s ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced the ...

Soviet coats of arms are being dismantled in Riga. 15.12.2023. Photo: Kora27 / commons.wikimedia.org (CC-BY-SA-4.0) Riga continues to struggle with the legacy of the Soviet era, reports the BALTNEWS ...

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

KYIV, Ukraine >> Ukraine has replaced the Soviet emblem that once adorned one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks with the country’s coat of arms.

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest stature, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday ...

“Together with the coat of arms, we’ve disposed the markers of our belonging to the ‘post-Soviet space’. We are not ‘post-’, but sovereign, independent and free Ukraine.” More about ...

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest stature, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday ...

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest statue, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug ...

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest stature, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday ...