Another soviet monument glorifying the "january uprising" of the bolsheviks is dismantled in Kyiv

Another soviet monument glorifying the "january uprising" of the bolsheviks is dismantled in Kyiv

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Kyiv has dismantled a monument to bolshevik insurgents as part of a broader effort to clear public spaces of symbols associated with russian and soviet history.

Kyivblagoustriy dismantled another symbol of bolshevism - a monument to to the participants of the "January 1918 armed uprising". This was reported by Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Hanna Starostenko, reports UNN.

The ideological role of this pedestal was to in the glorification of the bolsheviks, who staged an armed rebellion against the Ukrainian Central Rada and the Ukrainian People's Republic. For decades, we have been for decades, soviet and imperial torturers were imposed as heroes.

- emphasized Hanna Starostenko.

Details

The monument stood in the Mariinsky Park, where it was unveiled on December 21, 1967. of 1967. According to Kyivblagoustrii, the monument weighed about 2.5 tons.

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Recall

In the spring of In the spring of 2022, Kyiv City Council members decided to remove objects related to with the culture and history of russia and the ussr from the public space of Kyiv. Among them is a monument to vatutin, three monuments to pushkin, and the george's ribbon at the Heroiv Dnipra metro station.

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