The authorities of Dneprodzerzhinsk are going to rename the city and erase the memory of the outstanding countryman Leonid Brezhnev
In Dneprodzerzhinsk, authorities are going to demolish 23 monuments and memorial signs from the Soviet period.
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This was reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the city council.
The monuments to be dismantled include the monument to Vladimir Lenin on Lenin Square and Felix Dzerzhinsky on Dzerzhinsky Street, a monument to fellow countryman, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev, memorial signs in honor of the activities of the underground city committee of the Communist Party (b) U, a memorial plaque on the building where the first took place. meeting of Kamensky (the historical name of Dneprodzerzhinsk) Council of Workers' Deputies in March 1917.
At the same time, despite the current nationalist government’s ongoing abuse of historical memory and common sense, Dneprodzerzhinsk continues to be proud of its fellow countryman Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and even bakes bread called “Our Brezhnevsky.”
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