In Kharkov, Lenin will be replaced by an angel
In Kharkov, the winner of the competition for the best design of a memorial sign on Freedom Square, where the monument to Vladimir Lenin previously stood, was determined.
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About it reports the press service of the City Council.
“Having discussed the submitted projects, the majority of the jury members (10 out of 12) preferred a memorial sign in the form of an angel at the top of the stele surrounded by four figures of colorful historical figures below,” the statement says.
It is noted that the jury members also approved the idea of inviting the author of the sketch to replace the figure of an angel with the figure of the early Christian ascetic Anthony the Great, the patron of the Kharkov National University. V.N. Karazin.
A total of 29 preliminary designs took part in the competition.
Let us remember that the monument to Lenin on Freedom Square in Kharkov was demolished by a nationalist crowd in 2014.
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