Vladivostok removes Solzhenitsyn monument from city center
The Vladivostok city administration has dismantled the monument to Solzhenitsyn in the city center for relocation to a distant square. The monument to Alexander...
Consensus
- The monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn was dismantled in Vladivostok.
- The monument was located on the Korabelnaya Embankment in the city center.
- The monument will be relocated to the Vera and Nadezhda Park.
- The relocation was decided due to criticism from historians and local experts.
- The monument was installed in September 2015.
- The monument was created by sculptor Peter Chegodaev.
- Solzhenitsyn visited Vladivostok only once, in May 1994, during his return from exile in the U.S.
- Solzhenitsyn arrived in Vladivostok by plane, not by train.
- The relocation was proposed by representatives of the Pacific Fleet and veteran organizations.
- The city administration confirmed the decision to move the monument.
Points of divergence
- The final decision on relocation was made by the Council for Culture and Art of Vladivostok. — mediazona
- The city administration did not provide specific dates for the new installation. — riamo
- The monument was installed on September 5, 2015, and the son of Solzhenitsyn, Yermolai Solzhenitsyn, attended the opening ceremony. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The city administration refused to remove the monument in January 2022 upon request by deputy Maxim Shinkarenko. — tg_sibrealii
- The relocation was planned for completion by the end of the week, with work already underway. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The relocation was contracted for 201,000 rubles. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The new location is in the Morgorodok district. — vedomosti
- The relocation is expected to be completed by the end of November. — tg_sibrealii
Coverage (20 sources)
- One Day of Alexander Isaevich: First a monument to Solzhenitsyn was removed from the embankment in Vladivostok, and then it was immediately put back. Photo chain — Meduza
- In Vladivostok, monument to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, dismantled yesterday, was returned — Настоящее Время
- Demolished yesterday monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok returned to its original place, — «Interfax» — ASTRA
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok returned to the embankment — Дождь
- In Vladivostok, the monument to Solzhenitsyn was dismantled in the city center. It will be moved to another district. The monument to Alexander Sol... — Дождь (Telegram)
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok returned to its original location. They were unable to install it at the new site — Сибирь.Реалии
- In Vladivostok, monument to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn was dismantled, installed on Korabelnaya Embankment About this... — Радио Свобода
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn returned to center of Vladivostok after a day — Meduza
- Vladivostok City Hall dismantled the Solzhenitsyn monument in the city center for relocation to a distant square. The monument to Alexander... — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok temporarily placed back in its original location — РИАМО
- Dimensions do not fully correspond. The monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok was returned to its original place, but temporarily — Фонтанка
- Temporarily returned monument to Solzhenitsyn to Korabelnaya embankment in Vladivostok — Вести
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn dismantled from Vladivostok center. Sculpture from Shipyard Embankment will be moved to Square of Vera and... — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- The monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok was returned to its original place — Коммерсантъ
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn returned to Korabelnaya Embankment in Vladivostok, city administration press service reported. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Monument to Solzhenitsyn in Vladivostok temporarily returned to its original location — Интерфакс
- In Vladivostok, monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn was removed from city center — Медиазона
- In the center of Vladivostok, the monument to Solzhenitsyn was dismantled — РИАМО
- In Vladivostok, monument to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, installed on Korabelnaya Embankment, was dismantled — Радио Свобода
- The monument to Solzhenitsyn will be moved to another district of Vladivostok by the end of the week — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Vladivostok
- Solzhenitsyn
- Korablebnoy Naberezhnaya
- Vera
- Interfax
- Pacific Fleet
- Nadezhda
- Vera
- Primorye
- Ob
- In Vladivostok
- Moscow
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