Controversial Soviet-era Statue Removed In Prague
Faizan Hashmi Published April 03, 2020 | 05:02 PM
Prague authorities on Friday said they had removed a controversial Soviet-era statue, despite protests from Moscow, to make way for a World War II memorial
Prague, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Apr, 2020 ) :Prague authorities on Friday said they had removed a controversial Soviet-era statue, despite protests from Moscow, to make way for a World War II memorial.
Plans to remove the bronze statue of Soviet general Ivan Konev triggered a sharp reaction from Moscow last year.
While Konev is regarded as a hero in Russia, many Czechs see him as a symbol of Soviet-era oppression.
He led Red Army troops that liberated Prague from the Nazis in 1945, but he was also in charge of Operation Whirlwind, which crushed the anti-Soviet Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
Prague district 6 mayor Ondrej Kolar told the Czech CTK news agency that Konev's statue would be placed in a "museum dedicated to the history of the 20th century in Czechoslovakia.
" Pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman echoed Russian outrage over the move as "an abuse of the state of emergency", referring to a government-imposed lockdown to stem the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus.
On August 21, 2019, the anniversary of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, someone sprayed "No to the blood-covered marshal, we shall not forget" on Konev's statue that was erected by the then communist regime in 1980.
Prague city hall then covered up the statue, but pro-Konev protesters tore down the tarp and held a rally in its support.
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