Monument to Sakharov from the Moscow Museum was erected in Stepanakert

In the morning on Saturday, guides of the Memorial Society found the disappearance in the Moscow Museon Moscow Park of the previously established sculpture of academician Andrei Sakharov Authority Grigory Pototsky. The museon held a thematic walk in honor of the 101st anniversary of Sakharov, which is celebrated today.

The Gorky Park InfoCenter first reported that they did not have information about the movement of the sculpture, but later they said that she was returned to him last fall at the request of the sculptor.

After some time, it became known that today, in honor of the birthday of the academician, the sculpture of Sakharov’s authorship of Pototsky opened in Stepanakert - the capital of the self -proclaimed Nagorno -Karabakh. "Memorial" and users of social networks claim that we are talking about the very monument that previously stood in the museon.

According to the publication Armenia Today, the major of the Russian peacekeeping contingent Vitaly Fomin took part in the opening of the monument. He emphasized that Andrei Sakharov "entered his name in gold letters in the history of world science." “Throughout his life, he was convinced and convinced that the world is the main path for the world,” the Russian major said.

The monument is erected by the school named after Sakharov, who considered the requirements of the Armenians of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region to be fair to transfer its transfer from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia.

The conflict around Karabakh, which began in 1988, continues to this day. After the war of 2020, Azerbaijan regained control of part of the territory of the former Soviet autonomous region and neighboring regions. In the part of the Nagorno -Karabakh remaining under Armenian control, Russian peacekeeping forces are placed. Baku continues to insist that sooner or later the entire territory of Karabakh should return to his control.

• Andrei Sakharov is a world -famous physicist, one of the creators of a hydrogen bomb, a dissident and human rights activist. In 1975, Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his social activity. From 1980 to 1986 he was in exile in the city of Gorky, after returning from exile to death in 1989 he was engaged in political activities, was one of the leaders of the democratic movement.
• In Russia, the memory of Sakharov is immortalized, however, the authorities are put on the creation of a hydrogen bomb, and, as a rule, is silent about human rights activity.
• At the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University, as it became known the day before, a lecture on Sakharov was canceled. She was dedicated to his 101st anniversary. This was reported by the initiative group of Moscow State University. On Saturday, May 21, students planned to talk about Sakharov’s scientific achievements. However, a few hours before the start of lectures, the leadership of Moscow State University through the dean of the faculty canceled them without explanation. The initiative group of Moscow State University considers the abolition of lectures by the act of censorship.