KYIV. UkraineGate . 20 . August 2022 l Society .
Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko predicts the start of work on replacing the Soviet coat of arms with a trident on the monument “Motherland” on the Pechersk hills of the capital no earlier than next summer. He announced this on Saturday on the air of the national telethon .
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“In the near future, we are starting work on the study, in fact, of the state of affairs of the monument itself. And this will be done by leading Ukrainian institutions,” Tkachenko said.
According to the minister, after that “there should be design work to remove the Soviet coat of arms and replace it with a trident.”
“This process will obviously start early next year. And the works themselves in the fall – in the summer of next year,” Tkachenko said.
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He noted that the project will give an answer on how much it will cost.
“These are not extraordinary funds, not at all compared to those if the monument is demolished. But in order to rethink the monument and understand how it is perceived today Ukrainians,” the minister added.
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At the end of July, the Diia application completed a survey on the fate of the USSR coat of arms on the shield of the Motherland. 85% of Ukrainians voted for a replacement with a trident.
Tkachenko has already stated that the Soviet coat of arms from the shield of the Monument “Motherland” in Kyiv will be removed next year.
Source: Ukrgate