NOVOSIBIRSK / TASS /. The initiative group, seeking to place a bust of Joseph Stalin in Novosibirsk, accepted the offer to install it in the territory of the CPRF regional committee. The decision was made after the refusal of the city hall to place the bust on a public territory, the leader of the Novosibirsk initiative group, Alexey Denisyuk, told Tass.
"The monument to Joseph Stalin in the common areas that the unlimited circle of people, including residents of the city of Novosibirsk, whose relatives and friends suffered from political repression during Stalin's rule, can freely use, ... - says the refusal of the city hall.
“The bureau of the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation officially published an appeal to the initiative group with a proposal to erect a monument on its territory. Since the municipality refused to give us other places, therefore, we had no other option but to accept the offer. <...> With the Novosibirsk regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation we will conclude an agreement on the installation, maintenance and storage of the monument. And, in accordance with this agreement, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation undertakes to erect a monument by May 9, 2019, ”Denisyuk said.
He also added that at the meeting of the initiative group with the representative of the regional committee bureau, the conditions for placing the bust were specified.
"We met with representatives of the initiative group, and they expressed their agreement in order to establish a bust of Stalin on our territory, so I think that in May, by the next anniversary of the Victory, we will try to install this monument in our "Bolshevik, 29" - the second secretary of the regional regional committee Renat Suleymanov informed TASS. He clarified that this should not cause any difficulties, since this territory is owned by the regional committee.
Public discussions related to the installation of the monument took place in October of this year. The mayor's commission revealed that there are radically opposite opinions on this issue in the city. At the same time, the results of the mayor’s poll in 2017 show that the majority of citizens have a positive attitude towards Stalin’s personality.
