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| Odessa Mayor Refuses to Demolish Pushkin Monument for Tourists |
| 2024-08-25 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, located near the Odessa city administration, will not be demolished because it is a cultural heritage. This was announced on August 23 by the city mayor Gennady Trukhanov. Odessa Mayor Refuses to Demolish Pushkin Monument for Tourists "Today, various European delegations and tourists come here, and they know who Pushkin is. They talk about how he lived and worked here in Odessa, and also about how he was exiled here," he said in an interview with the publication "Ukrainian Truth." Trukhanov clarified that the Pushkin monument is in the motivation dossier at UNESCO, recalling that it was once erected by city residents at their own expense. As reported by the Regnum news agency, in early July the mayor of Odessa spoke in favor of keeping the monuments associated with Russia in their places. He noted that they are all part of the history and cultural heritage of the city. In August 2023, Trukhanov stated that the decision on the future of the Pushkin monument in the center of Odessa should be made by the city's residents, many of whom respect the poet. The mayor noted that the monument was erected at the expense of the community, and that it was erected by the Odessans themselves, not the authorities. Trukhanov also added then that he was against the demolition of the monument. |
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