A cannon with a double-headed eagle decolonized in Mykolaiv

An ancient cannon was dismantled on Flotskyi Boulevard in Mykolaiv.

The press service of Mykolaiv City Hall told Prystanosti.net that the dismantling was part of decolonization efforts.

"The object depicted a double-headed eagle, the emblem of the Russian Empire, which violates the law on the use of communist and national socialist symbols," the city council explained to the media.

They also noted that the Department of Culture, Nationalities, and Religion of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration had asked the city council to transfer the object after dismantling to the Museum of Shipbuilding and Fleet of Mykolaiv, a subdivision of the Local History Museum, as an exhibition.

"I think this will be realized. No one will take this cannon to their dacha or somewhere else," said Yevhen Polyakov, chief architect of Mykolaiv.

Earlier, on Flotskyi Boulevard in Mykolaiv, unknown persons covered the Soviet star on the ceiling "Heroes of Socialist Labor of Mykolaiv Region" with red paint.

Prior to that, utility workers removed the memorial sign to the Leninist Komsomol. It is located next to the Yunist cinema.

Back in January 2022, the bas-relief of Lenin and the plaques that were part of the monument were dismantled by the decision of the executive committee of the Mykolaiv City Council. Now the utility company is removing the remaining elements. The dismantling is being carried out by employees of Mykolaiv Parks.

The monument to Mykolaiv Komsomol members was unveiled in 1978 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Leninist Komsomol.

In December, in Mykolaiv, employees of Mykolaivski Parks dismantled communist objects in the Yunykh Heroiv Park, Admiralteiskyi Park, and Arkasivskyi Park. The process of decommunization in Ukraine is aimed at ridding society of the remnants of communist ideology.

Also in Mykolaiv, monuments were removed from the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine as part of the decolonization process. 27 monuments of Mykolaiv that were registered with the state before the Law of Ukraine on the Protection of Cultural Heritage came into force have lost their status and are no longer subject to entry in the State Register.

Earlier, activists of the organization Decolonization.Ukraine updated their list of monuments that they believe should be dismantled for decolonization.

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