Officials claim to have deconstructed a “myth” by scrapping the names of ‘hero cities’ honored for their fight against Nazis A Ukrainian World War II museum has defaced memorials to Soviet cities which demonstrated resolve in fighting off Nazi invaders. The move was touted as helping to deconstruct “Communist myths” . The USSR declared a number of cities heroic for the role that their residents played in the fight against the Axis powers. Kiev was one of the recipients of this honor and has a