Joseph Stalin Statue History
In Pushkin Square in the center of Moscow, there once stood a bronze Joseph Stalin Statue. This bronze statue was built during the Soviet period to commemorate Stalin’s contributions, but now it has become a historical and political symbol.
Joseph Stalin was one of the important leaders of the Soviet Union, who took over as leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924. Under his leadership, the Soviet Union experienced important historical periods such as industrialization, collectivization and the Patriotic War. Although his policies were of great significance to the Soviet Union at that time, his way of ruling also received a lot of controversy and criticism.
In order to commemorate Stalin’s contribution, the Soviet government decided to build a bronze statue of him in Moscow in 1958. This bronze statue, 8.3 meters high and weighs about 26 tons. one of the largest bronze statues in the Soviet Union at that time. The shape of the bronze statue, Stalin wearing a coat and holding a hat, standing on a high platform, overlooking the entire square.
Statue History
However, the statue gradually became the focus of controversy in the years after Stalin’s death. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian government began to re-examine the policies and history of Stalin’s period and criticized Stalin’s way of rule. Therefore, in the late 1990s, the Russian government decided to remove the bronze statue.
After removing the bronze statue, the Moscow city government decided to send the bronze statue to another Russian city, Ulyanovsk, Stalin’s hometown. However, during transportation, the bronze statue, accidentally abandoned in a forest outside Moscow. After a period of silence, the bronze statue, purchased by a Russian entrepreneur named Yuri Lozanov and transported to his private museum, the Russian Ethnographic Museum.
Today, this bronze statue of Stalin has become a historical witness. It isn’t only a bronze statue, but also a historical symbol, recording the political and cultural development of the Soviet period. Through this bronze statue, we can review that complicated history and think about the achievements and problems of the Stalin period. At the same time, this bronze statue also reminds us that historical memory and understanding require constant review and reflection.
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