A monument to the predecessors of socialism was dismantled in the Alexander Garden

In the Alexander Garden at the Grotto Ruin, a monument was dismantled by the predecessors of socialism, converted in 1918 from the obelisk in honor of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanovs. It is reported by Cityboom. The monument was disassembled in two days - Sunday and Monday. The workers dismantled it with the use of jack hammers, leaving only a pedestal.

Andrei Batalov, deputy general director of the Moscow Kremlin museums, could not answer the publication to the question of who, why and why he ordered the monument to remove. According to him, "no one even reported to museum workers about this." For information, Batalov advised me to contact the Presidential Affairs Management. He also noticed that it is correct to talk not about the gross destruction of the monument, but about its dismantling. “It consists of blocks - it was dismantled according to the blocks,” the museum said.

The head of the press service of the Presidential Affairs Department, Viktor Khrekov, explained the urgent dismantling of the obelisk to the danger of his collapse. "In 1918, when the monument was redone, the foundation was seriously damaged," he said. The official added that, as part of the improvement of the Alexander Garden, Obelisk was sent for restoration. Khrekov guaranteed that the monument would return to the place in the same form in which it was before the showdown, but it found it difficult to say when to expect this.

To the question of the publication, why on the fence that protects the place of dismantling, there is no information about the work being conducted, the official replied that "they simply did not have time to" hang a sign. Khrekov assured that he would give the corresponding order.

Later, the official wrote on Facebook that the monument would return to the place to the Day of National Unity on November 4. He also actually denied Batalov’s words that the Kremlin museums were not notified of the work being underway. "Together with the Ministry of Culture, in whose jurisdiction there was a monument, and the Kremlin museums, on the balance sheet of which it was listed, created a special working group that confirmed the need for restoration," Krekov wrote. In conclusion, the official brought "his personal apologies for insufficient informing."

Meanwhile, in Rososhfnadzor, they refused to comment on the publication by the publication, proposing to send a request in writing.

The obelisk in the Alexander Garden was installed in 1914, a year after the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanovs. The project of the monument was developed by architect Sergei Vlasyev. The obelisk of the Gray Finnish granite was crowned with a double -headed eagle, below which the emblem of the ruling dynasty was placed - a lion with a shield and a sword.

Four years later, in accordance with the decree of the Council of People's Commissars on the demolition of the monuments "in honor of the kings and their servants" the obelisk was redone. The eagles and emblem of the Romanovs were removed, the image of George the Victorious was replaced by the phrases of “RSFSR” and “proletarians of all countries, connect!”, And instead of the names of the kings, the names of the communist thinker were placed: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Tommaso Campanella, Ferdinand Lassal, August Bebel, Mikhail Bakunin, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Nikolai Chernyshevsky. George Plekhanov and others.

In 1967, during the construction of the grave of an unknown soldier, the monument was moved into the depths of the Alexander Garden, to the grotto of the "ruins".