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| Dismantling of the monument to Russian Empress Catherine II completed in Odessa |
| 2022-12-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] The dismantling of the monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II was completed in the city of Odessa, which is under the rule of the Kiev regime. This was reported on December 29 by the local newspaper Dumskaya. Preparations for the demolition of the monument began on the afternoon of December 28, the main work was carried out on the night of December 29. Along with the monument to Empress Catherine II, the figures of her associates, the founders of Odessa - Joseph Deribas, Platon Zubov, Franz de Vollan and Grigory Potemkin were also dismantled. The sculpture of the Empress was removed from the pedestal at about 02:40 Moscow time. The dismantled figure will go to the Odessa National Art Museum for storage. Recall that the decision to dismantle the monument to Catherine II was made by the Odessa City Council at the end of November on the basis of a petition sent by its authors to Vladimir Zelensky. Earlier , REGNUM reported that the dismantling of the monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II began in Odessa. |
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