What to do with the Soviet coat of arms on the Motherland shield/Photo by joyfull/Depositphotos< p _ngcontent-sc130="" class="news-annotation">With the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, de-Russification began. In particular, the Ukrainians drew attention to the symbolism of the Motherland monument.
What to do with the Soviet emblem on the Motherland shield
So, in “Action” they launched a survey on the change of Soviet symbols on the shield of the monument. According to the results, the majority of Ukrainians believe that it should be replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms, according to Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko.
In general, Ukrainians were offered three options for changing the symbolism on the monument. 85% of the total number of respondents, about 780 thousand people, voted for one of the state symbols of Ukraine to be seen on the shield of the “Mother of the Fatherland”.
6% voted to “leave everything as it is”, and 9% to remove the Soviet coat of arms and leave the shield clean
Yes, we could have done everything without public consultation . Make it your own. But I am sure that dialogue with society is extremely important. It needs to be initiated on such issues, especially when it costs us nothing,” Tkachenko emphasized.
By the way, he admitted that he voted for the installation of a trident on the shield of the Mother of Fatherland.< /p>
Poll results in “Action”/Photo from Tkachenko's telegram
The head of the Ministry of Culture also stressed that now the dismantling of the monument is “definitely not the right time.” In particular, the minister named the reason for the huge funds that this process needs.
