On 8 December 2013 Ukraine's central Lenin monument in Kyiv was pulled down. In the following
months in what became known as the Leninfall Ukraine swept away hundreds of communist
monuments expressing an explicit desire to break away from the Soviet past and implicitly
from Russia. This book examines the evolution of post-Euromaidan de-Sovietization beyond the
issues of toppling of old statues and implementation of new anti-totalitarian laws. It explores
decommunization as both a political and cultural phenomenon that exposes the multivocality of
the Ukrainian population and involves various forms of dialogical interaction between ordinary
citizens and the state. Posters graffiti or street names are physical and discursive canvases
where old meanings are being contested and re-articulated and where new political symbols that
combine nationalist and democratic elements are being defined.
