A monument to Soviet soldiers was removed in the Polish town of…

A monument to Soviet soldiers was removed in the Polish town of Pyzyce.

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A monument to Soviet soldiers was demolished in the Polish town of Pyżycy.
The demolition was initiated by Poland's Institute of National Remembrance.
The event was broadcast live by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance on YouTube.
The monument was located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland.
Before the demolition, the metal head of a soldier and a plaque with the inscription 'God. Honor. Fatherland' were removed.
The site will be transformed into a 'Square of Independence'.
The demolition triggered public debate and reactions from political figures in Russia.

The current President of Poland, Nawrocki, initiated the demolition when he headed the Institute of National Remembrance. — tg_rian_ru
The demolition was carried out using heavy construction machinery, and the metal relief of a Red Army soldier was removed beforehand. — riamo
Workers faced technical difficulties during the demolition, including failure to start a crane and inability of a pneumatic manipulator to bring down the monument. — vedomosti
The monument was originally erected in 1972 to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. — vm
The monument was erected in 1984. — vesti
The demolition was met with approval from some local citizens. — vm
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested the demolition to Estonia's acting chargé d'affaires. — vedomosti
A deputy from the Saratov Regional Duma, Colonel Vyacheslav Kalinin, publicly criticized the demolition and called it an attempt to rewrite history. — riamo