Decommunization: Kyiv City dismantled over 60 Soviet monuments, 56 more slated for removal. [article]
by Geschichtsklitterung
Decommunization: Kyiv City dismantled over 60 Soviet monuments, 56 more slated for removal. [article]
by Geschichtsklitterung
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Excerpt:
> Amid the ongoing decommunization, more than 60 monuments and other objects that are “to be removed from public space” have already been demolished in Kyiv, according to Hanna Starostenko, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Liga reports.
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> Those slated for removal are items that still retain the status of a monument of national importance, Starostenko said.
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> > “Monuments and memorial plaques representing the Soviet and imperial past have no place in the capital. Together with experts and representatives of specialized institutions, we are carrying out large-scale work to finally remove from the public space all those objects that glorify the aggressor country,” she said.
My thought, after hearing that there were so many soviet monuments in the city, was can the metal (mostly bronze) be recycled into shell casings and other items for the war effort?