About the book: 2021 / Georgy Vladimirovich Kasyanov (Kyiv) - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head. Department of Contemporary History and Politics of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences; [email protected] The article was prepared during an internship at the Center for Research in Contemporary History (Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam) in June 2021. The article is devoted to the description and analysis of the policy of “decommunization” in Ukraine after 2014. The positions, motivations and actions of the main actors of this policy are considered: interest groups, political forces, government institutions, public organizations. Public reactions to “decommunization”, discussions about its essence and methods of implementation are analyzed.