Monument strategies: Decommunisation

removal of socialist and antifascist symbols from public space

Memory Alley

Location: Near Brest, Belarus Submitted by: Uladzimir Hramovich
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMemorial siteMonument destructionMonument modificationMonument removalDecommunisationOther 2017.
Initiated by: pro-regime activist and businesswoman Natalia Ilnitskaya
Description: Striking example of this process is the "Memory Alley" project near Brest, initiated by pro-regim...

Destruction of the Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army

Location: Skaryszewski Park, Warsaw
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMonument destructionDecommunisation 2018.
Initiated by: The Polish government, especially through institutions like the Institute of National Remembrance...
Description: The monument was dedicated to Soviet soldiers who died during World War II, who fell in September...