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Pushkin Bust Reborn in Dnipropetrovsk

15 June, 00:00
The monument to Aleksandr Pushkin, which has stood for almost a century in Dnipropetrovsk has been unveiled after major repairs, The Day's Vadym RYZHKOV reports. The bronze bust on a granite pedestal was build in 1901 in pre-Revolutionary Katerynoslav, where the poet had lived in exile, paid for by voluntary contributions. Later the monument ironically echoed the destiny of the poet himself: in Word War II, a German officer, who learned that Pushkin had died at a duel, fired his pistol twice at the monument. Then the Nazis decided to melt the bronze bust down, but streetcar depot workers managed to hide the idol of all lovers of Russian poetry. The June 6 festivities in Dnipropetrovsk in honor of Pushkin ran late into the night. In addition to flowers and wreaths, 200 burning candles were placed on the pedestal, and among those reciting the poet's verses was acting Mayor Ivan Kulichenko.

 

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