Stalin monument damaged in Tskhinvali

Unknown persons smashed the face of the Stalin monument, which was installed a month ago near the bakery in Tskhinvali.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, the monument to Joseph Stalin was installed in June near the bakery in Tskhinvali on the initiative of the director of the enterprise.

Employees of the Tskhinvali bakery discovered that the monument to Stalin, standing near the plant on Kharebova Street, had been damaged by vandals. The face of the leader of the USSR was literally smashed by unknown persons, "Sapa Tskhinval" reports.

Two people in hoods came to the enterprise on July 22. One of them smashed the face of the statue with a hammer, knocking off the leader's nose and eye. Law enforcement officers are looking for suspects. the Telegram channel reported, citing sources.

Photos of the damaged monument were attached to the message.

As of 10:40 Moscow time, the website of the South Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs did not contain information about the damage to the Stalin monument.

Among the residents of the North Caucasus republics, Joseph Stalin is revered by those who erroneously associate him with the concept of "social justice", which they despaired of achieving from modern authorities, historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noted earlier.

As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the bust of Stalin was installed on the street of the same name in the village of Nart in the Ardon district on the initiative of a local resident. Representatives of local authorities and schoolchildren attended the opening of the bust. Local authorities explained the installation of the bust by the desire of the villagers to preserve the memory of a significant historical figure.

Recall that on April 29, 2021, a bust of Joseph Stalin on a pedestal was installed in Dagestanskiye Ogni. On May 2, it became known that the bust, along with the plaque, was dismantled - only an empty pedestal remained in the place where the monument was installed. The head of the city, Jalalutdin Alirzayev, reported that the bust of Stalin was dismantled because it was installed by local communists without permission from the authorities.

The communists who installed the bust of Stalin showed disrespect to the repressed peoples of the Caucasus, Internet users said at the time. Their opponents, in turn, recalled Stalin's role during the war.

Recall that in 2022, historian and member of the Association of Russian Society Researchers Boris Sokolov told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the decision on which peoples to repress depended directly on Stalin.

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