Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine

The demolition of monuments to dedicated to Russian poet and playwright Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine started during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

[1] Ukrainian researcher Volodymyr Yermolenko claimed that Russian literature has been a "vehicle of the country’s imperial project and nationalist world-view," giving as examples Pushkin, Lermontov and Gogol.

[3] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Pushkin's situation turned out to be quite similar to the destruction of monuments to Lenin known as Leninopad.

[4] The phenomenon was dubbed "Pushkinopad" (Пушкінопад) by Ukrainians, a pun literally translated as "Pushkinfall", with the coinage of "-пад" being akin to English words suffixed with "fall" as in "waterfall", "snowfall", etc.

[1] During the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian city Kherson billboards with the image of Pushkin were seen in the streets as part of a propaganda campaign proclaiming that Russia was “here for ever”.

An empty pedestal of the "sun of Russian poetry" in Ternopil
A bronze bust of Pushkin was removed from Glory Square ( Ploshсha Slavy ) in Kyiv . Erected in 1899, it was the oldest monument to Pushkin in the city.