Decommunization definition
Decommunization means a process of undoing the communist regime and its remnants in politics, economy, and society, that started in Poland in the 1990s. The process was fraught with political disagreements, and certain important decommunization mechanisms, such as lustration, were adopted much later than in other former communist states in the region. Dissatisfied with this, PiS party has made the need to finalize decommunization a centerpiece of its historical policy,
Decommunization means, first of all, renaming of settlements, streets, and dismantling of memorial signs and images related to the Soviet past. According to the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR), which compiled lists of objects subject to dismantling or renaming, 52,000 streets, about 1,000 settlements, and 26 districts were renamed, and 2,500 monuments of the socialist era were dismantled in the country since 2015.[3]
Decommunization means, first of all, renaming of settlements, streets, and dismantling of memorial signs and images related to the Soviet past. According to the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR), which compiled lists of objects subject to dismantling or renaming, 52,000 streets,