A monument in honor of Peter I was removed in Poltava: Photo
Dismantling work was carried out at the expense of patrons
Photo: MKSK
A nearly 180-year-old monument was dismantled in Poltava at the site of the Russian Tsar Peter I. During the work, experts found a previously unknown engraved image of a two-headed eagle on the monument.
This was reported Ministry culture and strategic communications (ICC) and “Public. Poltava”.
”In Poltava, consistent work is underway to decolonize public space and to eliminate the symbols representing Russian imperial ideology. One of these objects was a monument at the so -called recreation point of Peter I, which is an example of an imposed historical interpretation, designed to legitimize the imperial presence in Ukraine.
According to the Poltava City Council, the monument was one of the markers of Russian imperial propaganda, which formed a distorted idea of local history « – they say in the ICSK.
The department, citing local authorities, says that the dismantling of the sculpture lasted in stages and in compliance with the requirements of the current legislation and scientific and methodological recommendations. The monument was removed at the expense of patrons.
Experts in the field of architecture, restoration, history, local history and museum business took part in the dismantling.
”After the experts of the restoration workshop removed the top, we saw on the shield as if the breakdown of a two -headed eagle (…)
We now saw what, in fact, no one saw, except the restorers who were admitted (to work with the monument – ed.) At one time – in 1938, 1948 « ,-said historian-local historian Sergey Kozlov.
Some elements of the monument that have artistic or historical value will be deposited with the Museum of the Poltava Battle.
On the site of the dismantled monument in the historic center of the city plan to install a new object. According to the secretary of the city council Kateryna Yamshchikova, the architectural competition will be held for this purpose.
We will remind, in November 2024 the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada for Humanitarian and Information Policy held a field meeting in Poltava. According to his results, MPs Recommended ICSC View the status of Poltava structures, in particular, which are exalted by Peter I.
The department has recognized that 15 objects of cultural heritage of the city are not subject to entering real estate of Ukraine in the State Register.
Parliamentarians advised the city authorities to dismantle these monuments.
Earlier « Up. Culture » She told About the numerous monuments of Poltava, which erected there in honor of the victory of the Russian Empire’s army over the joint army of the Swedish king Charles XII and the Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa.
