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Serhii Plokhy: The Soviet Union didn’t die
A Soviet Union flag is displayed as people attend the unveiling of a Lenin statue in the town of Novoazovsk on April 17, 2015 in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR). The town some 40 km north of the heavily contended port city of Mariupol held a ceremony to re-erect the town's Lenin statue after it was destroyed by \"fascist forces\" during hostilities according to the town's mayor. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
Last Sunday, as Orthodox Christians throughout the world celebrated Easter, many in Ukraine's war-torn Donbass region prayed for peace.