“In this case, the monument to Catherine II ... was erected in accordance with the decision of the Odessa City Council ... I turned to the Odessa City Council with a request to consider the issues raised in the petition in accordance with the competence,” RIA Novosti quotes the text of the appeal.
Earlier, a member of the historical and toponymic commission of the city council, Alexander Babich, announced the dismantling of monuments to the heroes of the Soviet Union and the heroes of Socialist Labor on Theater Square in Odessa.
In April, a monument to Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov was dismantled in Kharkov.