In Poltava, a monument was dismantled by the Russian king Peter and

In Poltava, a monument to the Russian Tsar Peter I in accordance with the decision of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, said the acting head of the city Kateryna Yamshchikova on February 25.

The decision was made in accordance with the current legislation and compliance with all the necessary procedures, she noted.

“It is not an act of vandalism, but a conscious and responsible action of a community that is deprived of Russian imperial markers. Despite different opinions and discussions, we are united by one: Poltava is a city with a rich Ukrainian history, where imperial myths are not a place, ”the post reads.

Decolonization in Ukraine is a process of getting rid of the Russian and Soviet imperial heritage in culture, education, politics and public space. It includes renaming of streets and cities, dismantling monuments to Russian figures, popularization of Ukrainian culture and language and reducing economic and information dependence on Russia.