Ukraine Ukraine strips hammer and sickle from gigantic 'Motherland' monument, replace with state trident The Motherland Monument's communist imagery has been controversial in Ukraine for years due ...

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.

I’m not familiar with the group Lancaster Stands Up and its ideology, but I was curious that more wasn’t made when a hammer-and-sickle insignia appeared on a poster the group ...

Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

Ukraine has torn down the Soviet hammer and sickle from a towering WWII commemoration statue in the heart of Kyiv, the latest show of defiance amid Putin's invasion.. Standing a whopping 335ft and ...

The embryonic Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic repurposed stamps bearing the double-headed eagle of imperial Russia by overprinting a hammer and sickle. Image A stamp recalls the ...

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.

He regards the reconstruction of the hammer-and-sickle symbols “a gift” to Russia in light of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which saw the communist government in ...