me reboosting Yaroslav Trofimov retweeting Alexander Clarkson @APHClarkson quote-tweeting Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv
tldr: #Odesa removed a #monuent to Catherine II. (Which is imho a good thing to do, as she was quite methodical and successful in terms of #Ukrainian erasure and #russification). #Statues of #tyrants belong to museums of tyranny, not to the streets.
#odesa #monuent #ukrainian #russification #statues #tyrants