According to Savchuk, now the academic council of the museum is waiting for the approval of the decision of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. He hopes the name change will finally be approved on the eve of the Independence Day celebration (which is celebrated in the country on August 24).
The Motherland Monument was opened in kyiv in 1981. This is the tallest statue on the territory of Ukraine. The steel figure of a woman holds a sword and shield with the coat of arms of the USSR in her hands.
Earlier, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine promised to replace the coat of arms of the USSR on the shield of the “Motherland” with a trident. It turned out that it would cost 28 million hryvnia (about 760 thousand dollars).
