In Kiev, they began to destroy the monument to the Soviet pilot Valery Chkalov. This was reported by the Ukrainian edition of “Strana.ua”.
It was noted that previously agreed to demolish the monument by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. The ministry also gave permission to demolish the monument to General Nikolai Vatutin, who liberated Kiev from German invaders during the Great Patriotic War.
Chkalov is credited with making the first nonstop flight over the North Pole from Moscow to the Americas on June 18-20, 1937.
It was previously reported in the Kharkiv region. ripped off Bust of the Soviet general Vatutin.
In 2015, the dismantling of monuments related to Russian and Soviet history and the renaming of streets began in Ukraine. In the Republic, Empress II. Catherine, the commander Alexander Suvorov, the poet Alexander Pushkin, the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, etc. They began to actively dismantle monuments for.