On the territory of the Voronezh excavator plant, a memorial complex of the Great Patriotic War has been destroyed. The plant itself was killed earlier - in 2009. During the years of the war, it produced the legendary Katyushas, and now neither the enterprise itself nor the memory of the dead workers are needed by the Russian government. Decommunization in Russia continues ...
Previously, the enterprise was named after the "Comintern"; this name was given in 1922. During the Great Patriotic War, the plant successfully mastered the production of the famous Katyusha rocket launchers, and many factory workers fought against the fascists in the ranks of the Red Army. After the War, in honor of the dead workers, a brick stela with the inscription "Who gave their lives for their Motherland - we remember!" was built on the territory of the enterprise.
In 2009, the plant was finally bankrupt and liquidated. On its territory is located the so-called. "Technopark", in other words, everything was leased. Part of the shops was demolished, and the two remaining unsold excavators were destroyed. So the factory, which worked hard to win, was destroyed in modern Russia.
On September 9, 2018, a video appeared on the Internet, which shows the beginning of the "dismantling" of the memorial complex. In particular, it was evident how an unknown man was trying to remove the metal numbers "1941" from the monument. A few days later, journalists entered the territory of the former factory. On the site of the memorial complex they found only ruins - broken brick and warped armature. Who and why gave the order to destroy the monument - remains unknown until now. According to the journalists, the Kominternovsky district administration and Voronezh city administration refused to comment on the situation.
Moreover, officials said that since this is a private area, the owner is free to do anything there.
In addition to the stele of memory of the dead workers, there was a sculpture of Lenin and a monument to the first Katyusha at the plant. All this was also destroyed.
The destruction of historical memory in Russia is not as noisy as in Ukraine. There, Soviet-era monuments are overthrown with cries, armed with construction cranes and anti-communist laws. Here, the monuments are secretly and quietly torn down. But the essence of what is happening in Russia and Ukraine is the same. The victory is celebrated by the followers of Bandera and Vlasov, Petlyura and Kolchak, the irreconcilable enemies of our country and our people.
Sources: (Copy and paste)
https://www.rotfront.su/v-voronezhe-unichtozhen-pamyatnik-pogibsh/
https://moe-online.ru/news/city/1020521
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F9q9bSkCgE
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4
