You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Europe
In Bulgaria, the dismantling of the monument to the Soviet army begins
2023-12-13
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The dismantling of the monument to the Soviet army began in Sofia by order of the Bulgarian authorities. The Bulgarian newspaper The Sofia Globe reported this on December 12

The demolition of the monument, erected in 1954 as a sign of gratitude to Soviet soldiers-liberators,
...announcing, “You will be grateful, and here is your bill for the monument you will put up to show your gratitude for being conquered by the Soviet Union and forced to accept the Communist government we are putting in to rule you,” is not actually gratitude, you understand...
began on the morning of December 12. It is planned to cut the bronze figures standing on the pedestal into pieces weighing no more than four tons each.

It is clarified that the governor of the Sofia region, Vyara Todeva, signed a decree on the demolition of the monument based on the latest inspection of its condition. Allegedly, as a result of an inspection, cracks and erosion were found on the monument, posing a danger to people. According to Todeva, after dismantling the figures will be transferred to the ownership of the state.
Partially melt the pieces together, then put the whole thing back on its pedestal, now titled “Bulgaria rejects Russian conquest”.
When dismantling began, a police cordon was deployed around the place where the monument was erected.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during a briefing pointed out the inexcusable actions of the Bulgarian authorities to dismantle the monument to the Soviet army. Zakharova emphasized that the Bulgarian authorities “without any shyness” ignored Russia’s proposals to hold consultations on the future fate of the monument.
Did Russia plan to buy the thing and move it out of the country? No? Then shut up.
The Soviet Army Monument in Sofia is the most impressive of the many memorials located throughout Bulgaria. Disputes about its dismantling and relocation have been going on for a long time, but thanks to the resistance of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and its supporters, the dismantling work was constantly postponed. In March of this year, deputies of the Sofia City Council by a majority of votes supported the initiative of right-wing political associations to dismantle and relocate the monument to the Soviet Army.
Is that actual rightwing or to the right of Stalin, like the Nazis?
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that in Sofia they began to demolish the monument erected in honor of the Soviet liberating soldiers.
Yay. Here come the new conquerers, differing from the old conquerers only in the colour of their uniforms and the shape of their accents. Yay.
In turn, the acting director of the Russian Ministry of Defense department for perpetuating the memory of those who died defending the Fatherland, Andrei Taranov , clarified on December 5 that to date, over 3,000 monuments to Soviet liberating soldiers have been dismantled in Europe.
Europe, contrary to opinion popular in certain quarters, has never been part of the Russian Fatherland. Nor the Russian Motherland, either.

Posted by:badanov

#6  Previous century, EC.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-13 12:54  

#5  Bulgaria was never "liberated".

German troops never occupied Bulgaria. There were some (because of Greece), but they were not occupiers. Bulgaria was an ally.

When all German troops had left the country on the afternoon of 7 September 1944, Bulgaria declared war on Germany. Yet, earlier on the same day the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria, without consultation with either the USA or Britain, in order "to liberate Bulgaria".

History is complicated.
Posted by: European Conservative   2023-12-13 12:47  

#4  ^Nuclear weapons and Israel
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-13 06:41  

#3  Ref #1: Never forget.

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-12-13 05:40  

#2  Bulgarian monument salves
Bruised feelings of brotherly Slavs
As rusty Red Russians
Are swapped, post discussions,
For modern Mohammedan zouaves.

As distinct from the other kinds. Roll, Poles!
Posted by: Jang Wittlesbach7531   2023-12-13 03:14  

#1  "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it".
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-13 02:12  

00:00