A monument to Russian scientist breeder Ivan Michurin was dismantled in one of the villages in the Poltava region of Ukraine. This was reported by the publication “Poltava wave”.
It was recorded that the incident occurred in the village of Vesely Podil of the Semenovskaya community of Kremenchug district. According to the publication, the dismantled monument was moved to the grounds of a local utility company.
Ivan Michurin was born on October 27, 1855 in Ryazan. Michurin – Russian, Soviet biologist and breeder, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR, honorary member of the CCC Academy of Sciences. During his career, the scientist developed 300 new varieties of fruit and berry crops, resistant to the climate of the middle lane of Russia.
It was previously reported that he was in the city of Khorol in the Poltava region of Ukraine. removed From the pedestal bust of the Soviet general Ivan Tretiak.
In 2015, the dismantling of monuments related to Russian and Soviet history and the renaming of streets began in Ukraine. Empress Catherine II, commander Alexander Suvorov, poet Alexander Pushkin, heroes of the Great Patriotic War, etc.