{"id":6297,"date":"2026-06-05T01:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=6297"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:46:19","slug":"ukraine-dismantles-monument-to-legendary-kiev-born-writer-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ukraine-dismantles-monument-to-legendary-kiev-born-writer-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine dismantles monument to legendary Kiev-born writer (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev has removed a memorial to Mikhail Bulgakov as part of its campaign against Russian-linked heritage<\/strong><\/p>\n

A monument to Kiev-born Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov has been dismantled in the Ukrainian capital as Kiev continues to remove, rename, and erase cultural sites and memorials associated with its common Russian and Soviet history.<\/p>\n

The statue, located near the Bulgakov Museum in one of Kiev\u2019s best-known historic districts, became a target of Ukraine\u2019s broader campaign to remove symbols deemed connected to \u201cRussian imperial culture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Kiev City Council voted in December to remove 15 objects from public spaces, including monuments to Bulgakov, poet Anna Akhmatova, and composer Mikhail Glinka.<\/p>\n

\u201cA historic moment! Bulgakov is already gone,\u201d<\/em> Ukrainian journalist Ekaterina Nekrecha said in a video posted on Facebook on Thursday, showing the monument being taken away by workers.<\/p>\n

Bulgakov, born in Kiev in 1891, wrote primarily in Russian and became one of the 20th century\u2019s most influential authors. He is best known for \u2018The Master and Margarita\u2019 and \u2018The White Guard\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s Institute of National Memory previously classified Bulgakov as a symbol of \u201cRussian imperial policy,\u201d<\/em> arguing that the continued public commemoration of his name amounted to propaganda of Russian narratives. The institute\u2019s expert commission described him as \u201can imperialist by worldview\u201d<\/em> and \u201can ardent Ukrainophobe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The dismantling has reignited debate over how Ukraine should treat cultural figures whose identities cut across Russian and Ukrainian history. Critics of the campaign argue that erasing writers such as Bulgakov risks flattening Ukraine\u2019s complex past and whitewashing uncomfortable chapters of its own history.<\/p>\n

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Bulgakov\u2019s \u2018The White Guard\u2019, set during the turmoil of the Russian Civil War in Kiev, depicts the collapse of the old order and the violence of competing forces in the city, including the nationalist troops of Symon Petliura, whose forces have long been associated by historians with anti-Jewish pogroms.<\/p>\n

The removal comes as Ukraine continues to rename streets, dismantle Soviet-era symbols, and cancel historical figures under its \u2018decommunization\u2019 laws. The process, launched after 2014 and accelerated after 2022, has expanded from Soviet political monuments to writers, composers, and other cultural figures linked to Russia.<\/p>\n

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Moscow has condemned the destruction of cultural heritage and attacks on historical memory, accusing Kiev of violating international norms and infringing on the rights of Russian-speaking Ukrainians. Russian officials have described the campaign as an attempt to rewrite history and sever Ukraine from its cultural roots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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