The monument dedicated to the "Luhansk victims of the OUN-UPA" is a statue located in Luhansk, Ukraine. The monument was unveiled in 2010 under the direction of city deputy Arsen Klinchaev and in association with the Party of Regions in a park in the center of Luhansk. The monument is adjacent to the Soviet memorial to the World War II underground resistance group, The Young Guard. A Ukrainian nationalist group described the monument as provocative and a distortion of history.Пассивная реакция на памятник жертвам ОУН-УПА - Луганск.comments.ua
Monument description The monument consists of a child clinging to its mother, who is tied and presumably dead. Immediately below them is a man tied to a rock looking back at the child. The inscription on the monument reads: “In memory of the victims of fascism and nationalism" and "The truth should not be forgotten". The statue rests on a slab engraved with a dozen names belonging to those killed.Жителям Луганщины, павшим от рук карателей-националистов из ОУН-УПА
History The monument was unveiled "To People Of Luhansk Who Perished From Hands Of Nationalist Chasteners From OUN-UPA".Luhansk unveils monument to victims of OUN-UPA The initiative for the monument came from city deputy Arsen Klinchaev, founder of the “Museum of the Victims of Orange Revolution”. According to this local politician, a memorial is necessary so that everybody learns about the alleged crimes of the OUN and UPA, who he claims "acted in a more bestial manner than the fascists.”“V Luganske v skvere VLKSM poiavitsia pamiatnk zhertvam OUN-UPA,” April 17, 2008, http://cxid.info/49263.html . Retrieved September 2, 2008. When a provisional memorial was unveiled, a placard was attached to the stone displaying a dove pierced by a sword with a swastika.“U Lulahnsku znyscheno pmyatnyk zhertvam OUN-UPA,” April 24, 2008, news/2008/4/24/193446.htm. Retrieved August 11, 2008. Klinchaev stated the following as the memorial's function:
At the unveiling of a similar monument in Svatove, Luhansk Oblast in 2008, the vice-Mayor of Luhansk, Yevhen Kharin stated,
The monument was finally opened on May 9, 2010.
After the installation and opening of the monument on May 8, 2010, a number of Luhansk public organizations and political party offices appealed to the authorities with a demand to investigate the situation regarding its installation and immediately dismantle it Прокуратуру просят разобраться с памятником жертвам ОУН-УПА Зчитано 17.09.2011 «Свобода» требует демонтировать памятник жертвам ОУН-УПА в Луганске Зчитано 17.09.2011.
See also
The shot in the back (monument) Stepan Bandera monument in Lviv
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