Alexander II - a “talking” monument

On June 7, 2005, a monument to Alexander II was unveiled in Moscow. This event was reported by many media, citing, in particular, the inscription on the monument: "Emperor Alexander II abolished serfdom in Russia in 1861, freed millions of peasants from centuries of slavery, carried out military and judicial reforms, introduced a system of local self-government, city dumas and zemstvo councils, completed the long-term Caucasian war, liberated the Slavic peoples from the Islamic yoke (highlighted by us - * ed. ). He died on March 1, 1881 as a result of a terrorist act. "*

The message was then replicated by numerous Russian media outlets. We managed to find several such examples: these are the newspapers Novye Izvestiya , Gazeta , Versiya , not to mention numerous Internet portals.

The incident, however, lies in the fact that the inscription on the monument reports, not about the "Islamic", but about the "Ottoman" yoke (the photo is taken from the newspaper "Big City", which was one of the first to be indignant at the incorrect publication ) .

Sources

• RIA Novosti decided to fight the Islamic yoke // Big city. 2005. June 7th. (A screenshot of the original RIA Novosti report is provided)
• Monument to Tsar Alexander II unveiled in Moscow // RIAN. 2005. June 7 (revised version).
• Opened to the monument to Alexander II // Newspaper. 2005. June 7th.
• Five-meter bronze tsar installed in Moscow // Novye Izvestia. 2005. June 7th.
• In Moscow, at the foot of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a monument to Tsar Alexander II was unveiled on Tuesday // Version. 2005. June 7th.