A monument to Pushkin will be demolished in Odesa: details — Politics
The monuments in Odessa will be transferred to the museum of the imperial and Soviet past.
In Odesa, within the framework of the law on decolonization and decommunization, eighteen monuments will be dismantled, including a monument to Alexander Pushkin.
Such a decision was taken at a session of the city council, Dumska reports.
It is reported that the monuments will probably be moved to the future museum dedicated to the imperial and Soviet past.
Oleg Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, said that the decision to dismantle the monument has already been signed.
The monument to Pushkin in Odesa is protected by UNESCO, so its dismantling requires the approval of the organization. The artists appealed to UNESCO, opposing the demolition of the monuments without discussion, suggesting that it be postponed until the end of the war.
However, the process will not be quick. First…
