Stalin Monument Repaired in Tskhinvali

The parents of the teenagers who damaged the recently installed Stalin monument in Tskhinvali paid for its restoration.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, the monument to Joseph Stalin was installed in June near a bakery in Tskhinvali on the initiative of the enterprise's director. A month after the monument appeared, unknown persons smashed the face of the monument. It was later discovered that the monument was damaged by three schoolchildren.

The torn off nose and eye were returned to the statue installed near the bakery in Tskhinvali, "Sapa Tskhinval" reported, citing a source. The work was carried out at the expense of the parents of the schoolchildren who had previously damaged the monument with a hammer.

The head of the plant withdrew the statement from the police about the damage to the monument; only one of the three schoolchildren will remain registered with the OPDN, the publication says.

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 have despaired of achieving from the modern authorities, they noted. historians previously interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

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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