Larisa Kozova15:05, 04.12.24

The City Council approved the allocation of funds that will be used to develop projects for the dismantling of 12 monuments with imperial symbols.

The Odessa City Council supported the allocation of funds for the design of works on the dismantling of a number of monuments with imperial symbols, among them the bust of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin .

As the correspondent of UNIAN reports, this became known today, December 4, during the session of the city council. In particular, the deputies approved changes to the budget, which provide for the allocation of funds for the design of the dismantling of 12 monuments containing imperial Russian symbols. The list includes an ancient monument – a bust of Pushkin on Primorsky Boulevard, a monument to this Russian poet on Italiyskyi Street (former Pushkinska), Chekist Wall and others.

40 deputies supported the introduction of changes, three did not vote. This issue was not discussed in the session hall at all. This became known when MP Maryna Boichenko thanked her colleagues for allocating funds for relevant works and expressed her hope that the capital construction department would timely carry out relevant organizational measures.

“Thank you for the almost unanimous support of the previous item on the agenda (which contains the item on the allocation of funds – UNIAN), in particular because it, among other things, provides for the allocation of funds for the design of works to dismantle monuments that contain symbols of Russian imperial policy.” – said the deputy.

According to her, this is the first, but “very important step” in depriving the street space of imperial markers.

Demolition of monuments with imperial symbols in Odessa – details

In Odesa, they want to dismantle 19 monuments and memorial signs that contain symbols of Russian imperial policy. The list of objects to be dismantled is contained in the draft order of the executive committee of the Odesa City Council.

According to the list, almost two dozen objects are subject to dismantling, including monuments to the bard, actor Volodymyr Vysotsky, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, army general Ivan Chernyakhovsky, scientist, breeder Ivan Michurin, author of “Odesa Tales” Isaak Babel, Oleksandr II – a memorial column in honor of the laying of the park named after Taras Shevchenko, the wall of the Chekists, a monument to an academician, a scientist in the field of cosmonautics, two-time Hero of Socialist Labor Valentin Glushko, a bust of two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal Rodion Malinovskyi, etc.

In addition, the list includes two monuments to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin: one, relatively small, is located on the street of the same name. The other is a large bust-monument on Primorsky Boulevard, at the edge of the square where the Odesa City Council is located. It was this bust that caused controversy in the city – the opinions of the residents were divided. Some believe that this bust does not need to be dismantled, because it is ancient and installed on the donation of the townspeople, and the poet praised the city in his works. Others insist that Pushkin was in Odessa for less than a year and embodies Russian imperialism.

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