Stalingrad (book) Steve Komarnyckyj points out, that the text might be "manipulated with political intent". The ban was due to the Ukrainian Law No. 1780-19, which took effect in early 2017. It introduced amendments to legislation aimed at "restricting access to the Ukrainian market of foreign printed material with anti-Ukrainian content". The law imposes a permit system for import of printed material from an aggressor state (as of January 2018, this applied only to Russia) or from occupied Ukrainian territories. Stalingrad (book) Stalingrad is a narrative history written by Antony Beevor of the battle fought in and around the city of Stalingrad
The Motherland Monument The Motherland Monument The Motherland Monument (, ) is a monumental statue in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of the Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II, Kiev. The stainless steel statue stands tall upon the museum main building with the overall structure measuring including its base and weighing 560 tons. The sword in the statue's right hand is long weighing 9 tons, with the left hand holding up a shield with the State Emblem of the Soviet Union. Initially the image of the statue was drawn by Vutchetich from Ukrainian painter