Authorities within the second-largest metropolis in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have eliminated a towering statue of regarded as the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet chief in Central Asia.
The 23-meter (75-foot) monument was erected in 1975 when Kyrgyzstan was a part of the Soviet Union. Photos appeared on-line Saturday displaying the statue flat on the bottom after being lowered by a crane.
While many international locations previously a part of the Soviet Union have moved to downplay their ties to Russia as a part of efforts to reshape nationwide id, the monument was taken down with little public fanfare and officers in Osh framed the elimination as routine metropolis planning.
In an announcement, Osh City Hall known as the transfer “common practice” geared toward bettering the “architectural and aesthetic appearance” of the realm.
Officials additionally famous that Lenin monuments have been “dismantled or moved to other places” in Russian cities together with St Petersburg and Belgorod, and stated that the problem “should not be politicized.”
The monument, they stated, can be changed by a flagpole, as was the case when a unique Lenin statue was relocated within the capital, Bishkek.
The transfer got here every week after Kyrgyzstan’s ally Russia unveiled a monument to brutal Soviet dictator at one in every of Moscow’s busiest subway stations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr