Monument to Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers in Chernivtsi. Archival photoMOSCOW, August 10A part of the Soviet monuments in the center of Ukrainian Chernivtsi, including the mass grave of generals and officers of the Soviet army, will be dismantled and transferred to Odessa Street, follows from the decision of the executive committee of the City Council.
& #34;The Executive Committee agreed on the transfer of cultural heritage sites of local importance to Odesskaya Street… Four elements will be transferred: the mass grave of generals and officers of the Soviet army, the Victory monument from Cathedral Square, the monument "Warrior with a machine gun" from the Taras Shevchenko Central Park and the T-34 tank of the crew of the guard Lieutenant Nikitin from Privokzalnaya Square & # 34;, — the Ukrainian edition & # 34; ACC & # 34; quotes the text of the decision of the executive committee of the Chernivtsi City Council. adopted due to «public outcry», the rest of the foundations and obelisks, which do not carry a semantic load, will be moved after the decision of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. «We are working with experts from Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk on the issue of the exhumation of the Soviet military from a mass grave. In the coming days, we We will start the transfer process. We do not violate anything, but do what depends on us at this stage, taking into account the opinion of Chernivtsi residents,» Deputy Mayor Vasily Zazulyak said. The decommunization process in Ukraine was legalized by a whole package of laws that came into force on May 21, 2015 of the year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Ukrainian authorities for many years pursued a policy of aggressive de-Russification and forced assimilation. He noted that Russia wants to see Ukraine as friendly, without a ban on the Russian language and Russian culture.