He blew off Stalin's head with a sledgehammer: an unknown person carried out decommunization in the Moscow region Dmitry Usik Monuments to Stalin were damaged in Zvenigorod and Lenin/Collage 24 Channel In Zvenigorod, in the Moscow region, Russians were beheaded with a sledgehammer by a monument to Stalin. The stone bust of Lenin also suffered. It turned out that both monuments were installed in the Russian city illegally – as a public initiative. The Stalin monument has repeatedly become the object of criticism from city residents. As Russian media report, the monument to Stalin was erected with private funds from the “Remember Our Heroes” group in the summer of 2023. It is placed symbolically on Sovetskaya Street. Officially, the authorities did not approve the installation, but they did not demolish the monument either – they promised to move it to the future Walk of Fame.
What the monument to Stalin looks like after being hit with a sledgehammer/photo from RosSMI From the first days the monument caused a mixed reaction from local residents , many of whom condemned such an initiative. In particular, several public organizations demanded that the monument be removed altogether. And in March 2024 – on the anniversary of Stalin's death, the bust was defaced with paint, correcting the dictator's surname to “Sralin”. blew off Stalin's head, and also severely damaged the monument to Lenin.
Monument to Lenin in Zvenigorod/photo rossmiDecommunization in Zvenigorod
Blown off Stalin's head with a sledgehammer: an unknown person carried out decommunization in the Moscow region
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