In Poltava, the monument to Peter I has been dismantled.

According to her, following the decision by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, the monument to Peter I has been removed from the public space of the city. "This step is a significant part of the state policy of decolonization," she noted.

Yamshikova stated that Poltava is a city with a rich Ukrainian history, where "there is no place for imperial myths."

The monument was located near the Museum of the History of the Battle of Poltava. It was installed in 1950, having been created back in 1915 in Saint Petersburg. Since 1919, the statue stood in the main hall of the Petrovskiy Poltava Cadet Corps. After the disbandment of the corps, the monument was sent to Poltava.

The Battle of Poltava took place on June 27, 1709, six versts from the city of Poltava. It was the main battle of the Great Northern War between the forces of the Russian Empire, commanded by then Tsar Peter I, and the Swedish army, led by King Charles XII. The defeat of the Swedish army marked a turning point in the Northern War in favor of the Russian Tsardom and ultimately led to victory.

• Over the past 10 years, thousands of toponyms have been renamed in Ukraine, including major cities like Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk) and Kropyvnytskyi (formerly Kirovohrad). Until 2022, Soviet names were changed, and after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, names of settlements, streets, squares, and parks began to be altered, along with the removal of monuments and memorial plaques associated with the Russian Federation and the USSR.
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