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Russia Replaces Memorials to Soviet Victims with Pro-War Monuments

As the war drags on in Ukraine the removal of reminders of the victims of Soviet repression in Russia is an ironic counterpoint to Putin’s promise not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors. ....

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Amid Ukraine War, a Quiet Battle of Memorials Unfolds in Russia

Authorities in Russia’s Zabaikalsky region in October unveiled the region’s largest memorial dedicated to Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine: a 3.3-meter-tall stele and a statue of a soldier holding a child erected in the very heart of the region's capital Chita.  The Zabaikalsky region, a swathe of Russia’s Far East with a population of just over 1 million, has one of the highest war death tolls among all regions with at least 774 residents killed fighting in Ukraine since February 2022, according to independent tallies.   Yet the plan to set in stone a reminder of the war raging thousands of kilometers to the west was initially opposed by residents, who deemed the 5.6-million-ruble ($63,000) memorial to be a more appropriate addition to a local cemetery than a historic city center.  “There are places of mourning and there are places of normal life. ....

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