Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Control Committee, member of the United Russia fraction, St. anniversary native of the Kolpinsky region, this year it is celebrated on September 4.
According to Romanov, the Estonian side should be consistent: if a memorial tank has lost its historical value in the eyes of a neighboring state, then it should be transferred to a place where this value is indisputable.
“This means that the legendary car, one of the symbols of our country’s victory over fascism in World War II, will become a sudden trophy of modern Estonia 77 years after its end. I have no doubt that he will become the personification of distorted interpretations of history. We must not allow this. St. Petersburg entrepreneurs, Kolpino’s patriots, ready to invest in car transport. St. Petersburg authorities, for its 300th anniversary, entered the entrance of the City of Military Glory Kolpino with a evacuated from Estonian territory. It also supports the idea of placing tanks,” he said.
In his opinion, the issue of returning the memorial tank to Russia is ideological, not economic, therefore, compensation for the removal of the T-34 to the Estonian side can be expressed in an intangible form.
“Tallinn can also count on reciprocity, as the fate of the monument is of ideological significance and allowing its free return to Russia by the Estonian authorities may be a gesture of goodwill. For example, St. To preserve Estonian names in Russian, including St. Petersburg place names. There are many options for ideological damage to the pride of Estonia on Russian soil in response to the dismantling of the memorial tank. Thus, the Tallinn Highway to Ivangorodskoe, the Narva Gates to “Narva!” Its gate is Estonian Street in Kolomyagi Taking Narva Street, you can rename Derptsky Square as Yuryev Square, according to the Russian name of the old Dorpat. , now Tartu, etc. ”, concluded Romanov.
Recall that the tank monument T-34 in Narva was removed from the pedestal on August 16, loaded into a military trailer and delivered to the Estonian Military Museum in the village of Viimsi, near Tallinn.