The demolition of monuments to dedicated to Russian poet and playwright Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine started during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has become a widespread phenomenon and dubbed by Ukrainians Pushkinopad (Ukrainian: Пушкінопад), a pun literally translated as "Pushkinfall", akin to the "Leninfall" during the decommunization process. This wave of dismantling is part of the process of derussification in Ukraine.
Since the 2022 Russian invasion Pushkin is viewed in Ukraine as a Russian propaganda symbol.[1] Hence since the Russian invasion dozens of local Pushkin monuments and hundreds of Pushkin streets in Ukraine have been dismantled and the streets renamed.[2]
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7473415pushkinwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Less than 300 Pushkin streets remain to be renamed in Ukraine". Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.