Decommunization

Decommunization is the removal of monuments, inscriptions and names linked to the Soviet and Russian imperial past from public spaces. In Mykolaiv, the municipal company Mykolaiv Parks took down a monument to the Komsomol near «Yunist» and a bust of Viktor Liahin in 2025, and in March 2026 the Ministry of Culture removed two Soviet monuments in the city from the state register.

MykVisti reports on how Mykolaiv, Odesa and communities in the region take down monuments and replace Russian inscriptions and signs.

• INM Expert Council: Monument to Makarov in Mykolaiv should not be demolished, but Russian inscriptions should be removed
• A monument to Pushkin will be demolished in the center of Odesa