(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 14 – Built in 1982 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the USSR and the 1,500th anniversary of the city of Kiev, the ‘Arch of Friendship of Peoples’ was renamed “Arch of freedom of the Ukrainian people “. This was decided by the City Council of the capital which, added Mayor Vitali Klitschko, “has also approved a list of over 40 monuments and memorials that must be removed from the streets and buildings of Kiev to be transferred to the Museum of totalitarianism”.
Since the outbreak of the war, the Ukrainian population has been demanding that Russian-related names be removed from the Kiev map, “but – says Klitschko – the new ones have to live for tens or even hundreds of years. Therefore, the naming process should be quick but correct. “.
The Arch of Friendship of Peoples was part of the same complex as the sculpture of the two Russian and Ukrainian workers that was dismantled last month. The Kyiv City Council will have until June 19 to consider the renaming of the other structures. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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