Apart from Ukraine, some monuments have been removed in Latvia and Poland
The reaction of European European countries to Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine was not only sanctions against Russia, financial and military assistance to Kyiv, but also the demolition of statues and memorials glorified the USSR and the Red Army.
In Kyiv dismantled the sculpture , which symbolized the” reunification of Ukraine and Russia. ” A memorial stone to the Red Army has been removed in Latvia. Five memorial stones erected in honor of the Red Army in the region were removed there. Madeleine Stone was the first of them, writes “ Radio Liberty ”.
A monument in the village of Garcarsko was demolished in Poland. Before that, a plaque was removed from it, which had been covered with red paint. There was an inscription: “Eternal glory to the heroes who died for the honor and independence of the Soviet homeland.” The Soviet army occupied Poland after expelling Wehrmacht troops. Most Poles see this as a dark period in their history. Poland regained its independence in 1989.
A monument at the Koszalin cemetery was also dismantled. The sandstone memorial depicts a Soviet soldier embracing a girl with a pigeon in her hand.
The president of the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland visited the demolition of the monument in Chrzowice and said: “There is no place for memorials and symbols publicly marked with a red star in a free, independent and democratic Poland or in a free Europe.”
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