Hundreds of policemen guard a Soviet era monument for Bolshevik and Red Army commander Nikolai Shchors to prevent it dismantling in the centre of Kiev on June 30, 2016. Activists of some nationalists parties and the movements accused the Kiev city government of inaction in the implementation of the Decommunisation Law and were going to destroy the monument of the 'butcher of Ukrainian people'. The monument to Red Divisional Commander of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Civil War in 1917 was opened in 1954 to mark the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. / AFP / SERGEI
{"Image ImageDescription": "Hundreds of policemen guard a Soviet era monument for Bolshevik and Red Army commander Nikolai Shchors to prevent it dismantling in the centre of Kiev on June 30, 2016. \nActivists of some nationalists parties and the movements accused the Kiev city government of inaction in the implementation of the Decommunisation Law and were going to destroy the monument of the \"butcher of Ukrainian people\". The monument to Red Divisional Commander of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Civil War in 1917 was opened in 1954 to mark the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. / AFP / SERGEI SUPINSKY        (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)"}