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Nikolay Svanidze, a historian and journalist known for his TV documentaries about Russian history, told news site Ura.ru that he thinks monuments to Lenin, commonly found across Russia, will be taken down sooner or later. He went on to say that this is the right decision. “I’m for taking down …

The V&A, Science Museum and Museum of the Home have all lent their names to the paper, written by broadcaster Trevor Phillips and published on Monday by Policy Exchange, a conservative-leaning think tank. The paper states that, across Britain, “the alteration of public history is taking place – whether through …

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain. So goes the once-popular children’s rhyme by Jean Marzollo. But perhaps it now needs updating: Over five hundred years later, His statue: attacked by haters; …

The bill passed the House in a 285-120 vote on Tuesday, with all Democrats supporting the legislation alongside 67 Republicans. Expected to be signed by President Joe Biden if it secures approval in the upper chamber, the law would see all statues of Confederate leaders pulled from the US Capitol, …

Along with a nearby statue to Confederate Gen. Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson, the city’s now-famous statue of Robert E. Lee may be taken down if Charlottesville so desires, Virginia’s state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, overturning an October 2019 Circuit Court decision that allowed the statues to remain in place …

Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a black academic, claims that Western civilisation is based on conceptions of ‘whiteness’ that come from interpretations of the ancient authors. Recently, some classicists have tied their own discipline to white nationalism, wanting to exculpate their discipline from supposed racism.  Padilla goes further and claims that classics …

Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a black academic, claims that Western civilisation is based on conceptions of ‘whiteness’ that come from interpretations of the ancient authors. Recently, some classicists have tied their own discipline to white nationalism, wanting to exculpate their discipline from supposed racism.  Padilla goes further and claims that classics …

The museum’s directors are scrutinizing collections that may be considered “problematic,” which could lead to removal or lesser remedies, such as renaming, The Telegraph reported, citing internal documents. Artifacts from the father of evolutionary theory are among the suspects because Darwin’s voyage to the Galapagos Islands on HMS ‘Beagle’ was one …

Ruined statues of the stations of the Path in the Park High castle. Unknown destroyed several statues of the stations of the Path in the Park High castle in Lviv. This was reported in the Charity “Business Skarbek”. So, the vandals broke the cross, the other broke two figures of …

In the village Cuba explained that I did not do this before because of lack of funds. In the Odessa region authorities c.Cuba Bolgrad district dismantled monuments to Soviet and party leaders, Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Kalinin. According to the Bolgradsky district state administration, Kubacki the village Council couldn’t find …