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On September 18, 2015, the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights condemned the [[cover-up]] of the [[mass murder]] of 48 Ukrainians at the Odessa Trade Unions Building.<ref>http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16460&LangID=E</ref>
On September 18, 2015, the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights condemned the [[cover-up]] of the [[mass murder]] of 48 Ukrainians at the Odessa Trade Unions Building.<ref>http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16460&LangID=E</ref>
===Decommunization after the fall of the USSR===
{{Main article|Anti-Communism}}
[[File:Ukrainians Tear Down Lenin Statue in Kharkiv.jpg|thumbnail|380px|left|Coup Activists Tear Down the Statue of the [[Marxist]] [[Dictator]] and [[Tyrant]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] in [[Kharkiv]] in 2014.]]
[[File:From Lenin to Darth Vader in Ukraine.jpeg|250px|thumbnail|right|Lenin statue converted into [[Darth Vader]] in 2015 in [[Odessa]], 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>]]
After the fall of the USRR, Ukraine has started a cultural Decommunization process.<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> Since the Holodomor is present in the national memory, many ethnic Ukrainians are very [[Anticommunist]] and have torn down several statues of the [[Marxist]] [[Dictator]], [[Vladimir Lenin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/patriotic-ukrainians-tear-down-lenin-statue-116479|publisher=artnet|date=September 29, 2014|title=Patriotic Ukrainians Tear Down Lenin Statue}}</ref> or transforming them into characters such as [[Darth Vader]].<ref name=DarthVader/> The country has removed all 1,320 statues of Lenin. Ukraine has successfully carried out the process, similar to other post-communist countries like [[Hungary]], and unlike Russia.
The process also included the ban of communist parties since 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>
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> (See [[History of Ukraine#Coat of Arms]])
Also cities and streets were renamed to remove Marxist references.
===Donbas war===
===Donbas war===