In countries that fell under Soviet occupation, like Czechoslovakia after 1968, it is widely regarded as a symbol of oppression. The hammer-and-sickle symbols on the memorial have been damaged ...
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The word “Khaybar” was spray-painted over the front sign in red, along with an anarchy symbol and a red hammer and sickle symbolizing Communism. "Khaybar" is a reference to a massacre ...
The Soviet Communists replaced it with a red-and-green flag, including the hammer and sickle symbol and a traditional folk motif. That flag was reintroduced by President Alexander Lukashenko in ...