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[[File:Self proppelled canon.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Captured Pion (“peony”) ultraheavy self-propelled cannon that was previously aimed at Donetsk in the Donbas war. Note the Ukrainian trident symbol inside of an [[Imperial German]] “[[Iron Cross]]” painted on the side.  This is very similar to the emblem of the [[Ukraine Security Service]], the local successor to the Soviet [[KGB]].  Modern Ukraine loves its German/Nordic-inspired symbols and imagery, in line with the post-2014 Maidan coup trend towards a forced and artificial but nonetheless complete break with all Russian/Soviet history, symbolism, and nomenclature, as if Ukraine has more in common with [[Germany]] than with Russia.]]

[[File:Self proppelled canon.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Captured Pion (“peony”) ultraheavy self-propelled cannon that was previously aimed at Donetsk in the Donbas war. Note the Ukrainian trident symbol inside of an [[Imperial German]] “[[Iron Cross]]” painted on the side.  This is very similar to the emblem of the [[Ukraine Security Service]], the local successor to the Soviet [[KGB]].  Modern Ukraine loves its German/Nordic-inspired symbols and imagery, in line with the post-2014 Maidan coup trend towards a forced and artificial but nonetheless complete break with all Russian/Soviet history, symbolism, and nomenclature, as if Ukraine has more in common with [[Germany]] than with Russia.]]

Ukraine has banned communist symbols and parties in 2015<ref name=GoodbyeLenin>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075|title=Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols|date=14 April 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref name=BanSovietEra>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20150516-ukraine-bans-soviet-communist-symbols|title=Ukraine bans Soviet-era symbols|publisher=France24|date=May 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Marples>{{cite web|author=David R. Marples|url=https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/acta/39/pp.%201%E2%80%9322.pdf|title=Decommunization, Memory Laws, and “Builders of Ukraine in the 20th Century”|date=2018}}</ref> as well as Nazi propaganda.<ref name=NaziCommie>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32239140|title=Ukraine MPs back ban on Nazi and Communist propaganda|date=April 9, 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

The Maidan regime banned communist symbols and parties in 2015<ref name=GoodbyeLenin>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075|title=Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols|date=14 April 2015|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref name=BanSovietEra>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20150516-ukraine-bans-soviet-communist-symbols|title=Ukraine bans Soviet-era symbols|publisher=France24|date=May 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Marples>{{cite web|author=David R. Marples|url=https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/acta/39/pp.%201%E2%80%9322.pdf|title=Decommunization, Memory Laws, and “Builders of Ukraine in the 20th Century”|date=2018}}</ref>  

==Geography==

==Geography==