A bust of the USSR Prosecutor General Roman Rudenko was erected in Novosibirsk. This was reported on the website of the prosecutor's office of the Novosibirsk region. During the mass repressions, Rudenko was a member of the «special troika» of the NKVD, which sentenced people to death.
The opening was attended, in particular, by the mayor of Novosibirsk, Anatoly Lokot, the governor of the region, Andrei Travnikov, and the creators of the monument, sculptor Pavel Markov and architect Maxim Salakhov.
Photo: Prosecutor's Office of the Novosibirsk Region
«The architectural and artistic composition will become a worthy decoration of the city and will perpetuate the memory of an outstanding employee of the prosecutor's office, who made a significant contribution to the preservation of law and order in the state,» — asserted by the prosecutor. It is noted that those present at the event laid flowers at the monument.
>
The prosecutor's office of Novosibirsk offered to erect a bust of Rudenko in the city in early December last year. The Novosibirsk Arts Council voted against the installation of the bust «on the basis of insufficient materials to make an informed decision.» According to Taiga.Info, the prosecutor's office could appeal the decision and reapply, but a new meeting of the artistic council has not yet been held.
Rudenko was the prosecutor of the Donetsk region during the mass Stalinist repressions,
he was a member of the «special troika» of the NKVD and was personally present at the murders.
His name appears in the order of the NKVD dated July 30, 1937 No. 00447, which launched repressions against «former kulaks, criminals and other anti-Soviet elements ”, including priests. The order said: shoot 82,700 people and send another 193,400 people to camps.