Monument to the Soviet-Polish Brotherhood in Arms , common people Four sleeping - a monument in Prague on the square of Vilnius Railway Station (formerly St. Petersburg at the terminal station of the Petersburg-Warsaw Railway) in Warsaw . There were depicted two Soviet and two Polish soldiers.
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History
The monument to the Soviet-Polish Brotherhood in Arms was opened on November 18, 1945 .
On the pedestal there are inscriptions in Russian and Polish : “Glory to the heroes of the Soviet army. The brothers in arms who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of the Polish people, the inhabitants of Warsaw erected this monument. "
Authors of the monument: sculptors Stanislav Sikora , A. Nieńko, Stefan Momot, Józef Trenarowski, Józef Gazy, Bohdan Lachert.
On the same square is the church of Mary Magdalene (1867-1869; arch. Sychev N.A .; from 1921 - the cathedral of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church ).
The monument has its "Ryazan" brothers - in the main square of the park of the Soviet-Polish Brotherhood, in the square on the square of Army General V.F. Margelov in Ryazan , and on the territory of the Polish Forest Memorial in Seltsy . They all have the same name.
After 1991
The first attempt to destroy the monument was made in 1992 , but then the inhabitants of Warsaw defended it. In 1994, between the governments of Poland and Russia, an interstate Russian-Polish agreement was concluded, according to which the monument was included in a special list of objects, the transfer of which Poland should coordinate with Russia .
Dismantling
In March 2010, the Polish side turned to Russia with proposals regarding the planned dismantling and removal of the monument in connection with the construction of the second line of the Warsaw Metro , but did not receive a response from the Russian Foreign Ministry. [one]
In November 2011, the monument was dismantled (according to the official version, with plans to restore it after the construction of the metro line in its former place). In polls conducted in November 2012 on behalf of the Warsaw City Hall (the so-called Warsaw Barometer) and in November 2013 on the order of the Vyborcha Gazeta newspaper , the majority of Warsaw residents spoke in favor of re-installing the monument at or near its current location. Against the return of the “four sleeping” to Prague, in particular, a group of residents, as well as the Institute of National Remembrance (Poland) , which organized an appropriate propaganda campaign, spoke out.
On February 26, 2015, the Rada of Warsaw canceled its own decision to restore the monument in its former place.
Memory
The monument is dedicated to the USSR postage stamp of 1955 with a face value of 40 kopecks ( TsFA [ ITC “Marka” ] No. 1807) [2] , as well as the PNR postage stamp issued in the same year ( Sc # 671) .
Gallery
Postage stamp USSR 1955
See also
- Monument to the Soviet-Polish brotherhood in arms in Ryazan
- Selce
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Warsaw)
Notes
- [1] Comment by the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the demolition of the monument to the Soviet-Polish brotherhood in arms in western Poland
Sources
- Russian Warsaw. Falcon K. G. M .: "Synergy". 2002 year