Decommunization
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Decommunization in former communist states is the process of purging former communist high officials and eliminating communist symbols.
One of the manifestations of decommunization has been renaming streets. Before 2017, ulica Anny German in Poznań (Anna German Street) was named in honor of Julian Leński.
Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were executed by firing squad for various atrocities
The plinth of the Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv after its destruction
Decommunization in Ukraine
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Decommunization in Ukraine started during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and expanded afterwards. Following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity and beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Uk
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Destruction of the statue of Lenin in Kyiv during the 1 December 2013 Euromaidan protests
The Ukrainian SSR emblem seen in top of the city hall in Kharkiv.
Former Soviet-era bas-reliefs at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv; removed in August 2016 (to comply with decommunization laws) and transferred to the Museum of Totalitarianism
Memorial to the Cheka in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, 2023