Soviet Weaponry on a Pedestal: Military Equipment Monuments in the Time of the Russian War in Ukraine – Part 1

Practices between 1945 and 2021 By Denys Shatalov and Mykola Homanyuk On February 27, 2022, a video spread on Ukrainian social media showing Russian military vehicles that had encroached into the city of Bucha firing at a Ukrainian armored vehicle (BRDM stands for Bronirovannaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina) on the move. The BRDM, however, was not in combat position, but was standing on a pedestal as a monument to local participants in the Soviet war in Afghanistan[1]. This is the most...