Sometimes the demolition of so-called monuments is a marvelous thing.
Not when they are Orthodox Churches or classical antiquities, of course : that is a sacrilege. But here finally one can rejoice that nasty constructions built by the devil's minions are being eliminated one by one all over the former Soviet Union and its satellites and subject states.
It appears Ukraine is the most assiduous in divesting themselves of the emblems of former Communist domination.
This event, the culmination of 3 previous attempts to blow it up or dismantle it, took place on Sunday, May 29, 2016 !
"A monument to Soviet-era KGB servicemen was completely destroyed in downtown Kyiv....
The falling of the monuments across the country is being hailed as a symbol of independent Ukraine's push to modernise following the breakup of the Soviet Union. This is in line with a package of laws, adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament last year, which bans communist and Nazi regime symbols and propaganda. The renaming process is the latest step in Ukraine's efforts to break from its Soviet totalitarian past. "