Kyiv to dismantle two monuments to Soviet-era figures, says culture minister
According to Tkachenko, the monuments will be removed through to “overcome the consequences of Russification and totalitarianism.” (Photo:NV)
Monuments to Soviet-era figures Mykola Shchors and Nikolai Vatutin will be dismantled in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko wrote on Facebook on Nov. 9.
Shchors was a Ukrainian communist who served as Red Army commander. Vatutin was a Soviet military commander during World War II.
According to the minister, the Expert Council made the relevant decision at a meeting on Nov. 9 to “overcome the consequences of Russification and totalitarianism.”
“There’s no place for Vatutin and Shchors in Ukraine’s public space,” Tkachenko said.
“More details (are coming) later, in the Verkhovna Rada’s official decision.”
Odesa Regional Governor Serhiy Bratchuk said on Nov. 8 the controversial monument to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, in the center of Odesa would be dismantled soon.
Meanwhile, the bust of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was removed from the center of Kharkiv on Nov. 9.
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