Poltava residents mock Shakespeare bust replacing Pushkin statue
Residents of Poltava criticized the bust of Shakespeare that appeared on the site of the Pushkin monument.
Consensus
- A bust of William Shakespeare was installed in Poltava, Ukraine, on the site of a previously removed statue of Alexander Pushkin.
- The installation of the Shakespeare bust occurred in 2023, following the removal of the Pushkin monument.
- The bust has been widely criticized by local residents for its appearance, with many comparing it to a garden gnome or a caricature.
- The removal of the Pushkin monument was part of a broader effort to remove monuments associated with Russian cultural figures in Ukraine.
- The Shakespeare bust was created in seven days and placed in the botanical garden of Poltava Pedagogical University.
Points of divergence
- The Pushkin monument was removed in 2023, along with monuments to generals Nikolai Vatutin and Alexei Zygin, who died in 1943 during the liberation of Poltava Oblast. — vedomosti
- The Shakespeare bust was installed on September 3, and local residents compared it to a caricature of Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet. — vm
- In July 2024, a monument to Mikhail Glinka in Zaporozhye was removed by Ukrainian authorities due to the Institute of National Memory's designation of the composer as an 'imperial cultural figure'. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- In Poltava residents mocked the bust of Shakespeare installed in place of Pushkin — Ведомости
- Residents of Poltava criticized the Shakespeare bust that appeared on the site of the Pushkin monument — Вечерняя Москва