A statue of 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great was dismantled in the Ukrainian city of Odesa on the night of December 28-29 as Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine.

A petition demanding the demolition of a statue of Russian Empress Catherine the Great to be replaced with a statue honoring gay U.S. porn star Billy Herrington has acquired enough signatures to ...

There was mixed reaction in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after local lawmakers voted to dismantle a statue of 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great.

ODESA, Ukraine - A large monument to former Russian empress Catherine the Great was removed from a central square in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and replaced with the flag of Ukraine. Video ...

ODESA, Ukraine - A large monument to former Russian empress Catherine the Great was removed from a central square in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and replaced with the flag of Ukraine. Video ...

A slim majority of Odesa residents had already voted - in an online poll organised by city authorities - to remove the statue to Catherine the Great, who was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.

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Communal workers dismantle a statue of Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the center of Odessa, southern Ukraine on Dec. 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.