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Ukraine dismantles monument to Catherine the Second in Odessa

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Kiev, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) The authorities of the Ukrainian city of Odessa, capital of the homonymous region, began the dismantling of the monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II (called Catherine the Great), founder of Odessa.

As reported on Wednesday by the local portal Dumskaya, the Catherine II Square is cordoned off and construction vehicles are deployed, and only public service workers are allowed to pass to the monument.

On November 30th, the deputies of the Odessa City Council voted to dismantle and remove the monument, built in honor of Catherine the Great and her relatives.

Once the procedures have been completed, the sculptures will allegedly be transferred to the local art museum.

The monument to the founders of the city was erected in 1900, and later dismantled in 1920, then returned to its original location in 2007.

The aforementioned legislation involves the dismantling of memorials, as well as the renaming of topographical places associated with Soviet history or related to the Soviet Union and Russia.

The so-called war on monuments began in Ukraine after the 2014 coup d’état in Ukraine, provoked and supported by Washington and western forces.

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