St. Petersburg deputies did not support the idea of returning the monument to executed Poles to the Levashovskoye Cemetery, which disappeared last summer.
But at the next meeting of the Legislative Assembly St. Petersburg Yabloko deputy Alexander Shishlov suggested to colleagues to send a request to the governor To Alexander Beglov with a request to return the missing monument by October 30th, the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression. To this drew attention telegram channel "Rotunda".
According to Shishlov, when the monument was being removed, officials said it had been splashed with paint and needed restoration.
"However, despite repeated appeals to the administration, the fate of the missing monument remains unknown. For those familiar with the Russian government's approved concept of state policy for perpetuating the memory of victims of political repression, it's clear that this situation both contradicts and insults the memory of millions of people who fell victim to repressions long recognized as illegal and criminal." — said Shishlov.
He added that from the vice-governor Kirill Polyakov Formal replies are coming in that don't answer a single question. The Blok member's proposal was rejected—only four deputies supported it. "How many monuments dedicated to Soviet soldiers have been torn down in Poland?" asked United Russia deputy Alexander Khodosok. Shishlov responded by suggesting they think about St. Petersburg and how their memory is honored there.
This isn't the only instance in Russia since the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine where the memory of the repressed is being erased. Earlier, at the same Levashovo Cemetery, unknown individuals stood on a memorial cross honoring repressed Ukrainians. cut off part of the plaque "Eternal memory to the innocently murdered Ukrainians." And from the fortress Oreshek disappeared A memorial plaque dedicated to the Poles who were prisoners of the Shlisselburg Fortress.
Unknown people on Solovki smashed a memorial plaque to the repressed Chechens and Ingush. Irkutsk regions by decision of the authorities dismantled monument to repressed Poles and Lithuanians. Sverdlovsk areas, Buryatia, Yakutsk и Tomsk unknown tore off memorial plaques on the graves of exiled Poles.