In Odesa, on Wednesday morning, December 28, the dismantling of the monument to

Catherine II

on the square of the same name in the center of the city began.

This is reported by "Dumska".  

As the publication writes, traffic on the square is blocked.

Communal workers have started preparations for dismantling, they are dismantling the recently erected fence around the monument.

A large number of guards are on site.

Protests against the monument to Catherine II in Odessa

After the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, there was talk of dismantling the monument to the Russian empress Catherine II in Odessa.

Activists began to hold performances with the demand to dismantle it. 

At the beginning of November in Odesa, the monument to Catherine II was surrounded by a barricade, and a

black bag was pulled

over the sculpture .

An announcement was placed near the memorial that the monument to the Russian empress was being prepared for dismantling. 

A vote was held in Odesa - the majority of citizens

supported the dismantling of the monument to the

"Founders of Odesa".

On Wednesday, November 30, the

city council of Odesa voted to dismantle and move the monument to the

"Founders of Odesa" - Empress Catherine II and General Oleksandr Suvorov.

The statue of the empress will be transferred to the Odessa Art Museum, other monuments will be transferred to the municipal museum of personal collections named after

Bleschunova.

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