GEORGIA - GORI - STALIN'S STATUE


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June 25th 2010
Published: June 25th 2010
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Gone at Last!Gone at Last!Gone at Last!

The locals decided they had had enough of him... so the old monster has been sent to the museum
After my trip to Georgia in March I posted about the amazing statue of Stalin in the central square of his birthplace at Gori. I'm so glad I had the chance to visit and see this sight, because now its GONE!

Here a report from Civil.ge:

In an unannounced move, after midnight on June 25, the authorities removed the bronze statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin from the central square of his hometown of Gori.
The statue, which is planned to be moved to Stalin’s museum in Gori, will be replaced with a memorial of “victims of totalitarian regime and of the August war,” officials said.

The late night removal of the statue apparently aimed at avoiding possible protest of those local residents of Gori, who were strongly against of the statue's removal from the town's central square.



For the entire article check out: Stalin Statue Removed From Gori

Thanks to Sue Ellis in Tbilisi for the heads up about this.

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