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[[File:From Lenin to Darth Vader in Ukraine.jpeg|250px|thumbnail|left|Lenin statue converted into [[Darth Vader]] in 2015 in Ukraine.<ref name=DarthVader>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/lenin-statue-replaced-by-darth-vader-in-ukraine|title=Lenin statue replaced by Darth Vader in Ukraine|date=October 24, 2015|publisher=Fox5 News}}</ref>]]
[[File:From Lenin to Darth Vader in Ukraine.jpeg|250px|thumbnail|left|Lenin statue converted into [[Darth Vader]] in 2015 in Ukraine.<ref name=DarthVader>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/lenin-statue-replaced-by-darth-vader-in-ukraine|title=Lenin statue replaced by Darth Vader in Ukraine|date=October 24, 2015|publisher=Fox5 News}}</ref>]]
In 2023 the Marxist [[Hammer and Sickle]] symbol was removed from the emblematic ''Mother Ukraine'' giant statue being replaced by the national coat of arms,<ref name=Motherland>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-strips-hammer-sickle-gigantic-motherland-monument-replace-state-trident|title=Ukraine strips hammer and sickle from gigantic 'Motherland' monument, replace with state trident|date=August 8, 2023|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> the "tryzub" [trident]. According the [[BBC]], the trident is a symbol associated with [[white supremacy]] in the UK police counter-extremism guide and also used by Ukraine's [[neo-nazi]] [[Svoboda party]].<ref name=AntiTerror/> A Counter Terrorism Policing official told BBC News: "Unfortunately, far-right groups have a history of misappropriating national symbols as part of their identity and this is the reason why some national flags and symbols appear in our document".
In 2023 the Marxist [[Hammer and Sickle]] symbol was removed from the emblematic ''Mother Ukraine'' giant statue being replaced by the national coat of arms,<ref name=Motherland>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-strips-hammer-sickle-gigantic-motherland-monument-replace-state-trident|title=Ukraine strips hammer and sickle from gigantic 'Motherland' monument, replace with state trident|date=August 8, 2023|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> the "tryzub" [trident]. According the [[BBC]], the trident is a symbol associated with [[white supremacy]] in the UK police counter-extremism guide and also used by Ukraine's [[neo-nazi]] [[Svoboda party]].<ref name=AntiTerror/> A Counter Terrorism Policing official told BBC News: "Unfortunately, far-right groups have a history of misappropriating national symbols as part of their identity and this is the reason why some national flags and symbols appear in our document".
==Language, Religion, Culture==
==Language, Religion, Culture==
[[File:Ukrainians Tear Down Lenin Statue in Kharkiv.jpg|thumbnail|380px|Coup Activists Tear Down the Statue of the [[Marxist]] [[Dictator]] and [[Tyrant]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] in [[Kharkiv]] in 2014.]]
In terms of societal structure, the territory of Ukraine is often referred to as a [[cleft country]] sitting on a "civilizational" fault line.
In terms of societal structure, the territory of Ukraine is often referred to as a [[cleft country]] sitting on a "civilizational" fault line.