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Ukraine · 1 year ago

Kyiv authorities dismantle controversial Pushkin statue

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Kyiv authorities dismantle controversial Pushkin statue

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Ukraine · 1 year ago

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Kyiv city authorities have removed the statue of Russian writer Alexander Pushkin that stood on one of the city's main streets, Kyiv Mayoral Adviser Dmytro Belotserkovets posted on social media on Nov. 15.

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I might be mistaken, but wasn’t he very critical of colonialism in the Russian Empire?
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  There’s a Wikipedia page about it.
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_of_monuments_to_Alexander_Pushkin_in_Ukraine
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  Not at all. He fully supported the colonial oppression: https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/in-ukraine-a-battle-between-2-poets/

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