The Russian-appointed Kherson authorities removed his remains from the church of Saint Catherine Prince Potemkin and removed his statue, said the head of the annexed region, Vladimir Saldo.
The website of Chersona «Most” posted a photo showing the empty base where the Potemkin statue stood before the city was occupied by the Russian army.
THE lover of Empress Catherine II, Prince Potemkin, is considered the founder of Chersona. His statue was placed there on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of his death in 1836, but was lost after the liberation of the city by the Soviet army during World War II.
In 2003, a copy of the historical statue was placed in its place. Recently the Russian-controlled Kherson authorities, according to Saldo, moved to the left bank of the Dnieper the statues of Russian soldier Alexander Suvorov and Admiral Fyodor Ushakov, as well as Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Margelov.
“as”goodwill gesture“, when they left Kherson the Russians took with them the monuments of Suvorov and Usakov. Thank you, of course, for supporting our fight against the consequences of Russification, but these issues should be resolved legally by the local Ukrainian authorities,” said Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko commenting on the actions of the pro-Russian “authorities”.
Source: News Beast
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