A monument to Luzhkov was unveiled in Moscow with a reminder of his role in the return of Sevastopol
A monument to former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov was unveiled today at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Previously, a modest wooden cross stood on the grave. The new monument-tombstone, 4 meters high, is crowned with a sculpture of St. George the Victorious, the beloved saint of Luzhkov, the heavenly patron of Moscow.
On the stele, the author of the composition, the famous sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov, depicted Luzhkov’s main achievements as head of the city. The topics for the vignettes were suggested by the widow of the former mayor, Elena Baturina. Among them are not only the improvement of Moscow, but also assistance to Sevastopol, which was then still under Ukrainian control, on whose Russian status Luzhkov insisted even during the years of Yeltsin’s decline.
“Yuri Luzhkov is the Black Sea Fleet, this is not an anchor chain, but this link of the anchor chain is securely welded... We were very friendly, Yuri Mikhailovich did a lot to preserve the Black Sea Fleet in a difficult period,” the deputy chairman of the Perm Legislative Assembly wrote in his telegram channel region, former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov.
Today, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin named the Sadovniki park in the Southern Administrative District of the city named after Luzhkov.
Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation came up with the initiative to perpetuate the memory of Luzhkov; liberals opposed it, citing the fact that Luzhkov “disfigured Moscow.”
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