Today the Polish Sejm voted to amend the law on the prohibition of propaganda of communism or another totalitarian system in the names of buildings and objects.

The document provides for the demolition of monuments of the Soviet era, including the memorials in honor of the Red Army. For the final version of the law voted 408 deputies, against 7, 15 more abstained.

Amendments will come into force three months after the promulgation of the law.

The updated version of the law says that monuments and other similar objects "can not pay tribute to people, organizations, events or dates that symbolize communism or another totalitarian system".

The authors of the bill point out that "the preservation of the names of institutions and monuments in honor of events and people who have had a criminal impact on the history of Poland, gives supporters of totalitarianism to promote their views, which has a negative impact on society". Thus, the authorities want to give the public a signal that the state adheres to the constitutional principle that prohibits a totalitarian regime, and denounces the promotion of totalitarian views.

It is planned that during the year about 470 sculptural and architectural objects will be dismantled. More than half of them are devoted to the Red Army.

Monuments located in cemeteries or other burial grounds, objects that are not on public display, or demonstrated for scientific purposes, as works of art, as well as monuments entered in the Register of Architectural Monuments.