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A monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin has been erected in the Belarusian city of Mahiliou by Russian patriotic project ‘The Alley of Russia’s Glory’. The poem condemning the uprising of 1830-31 is an element of the monument.
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“I had no intention to insult the feelings of Belarusians by choosing the poem ‘To Slanderers of Russia’ for the monument to Pushkin we presented to Mahiliou. Pushkin wrote this poem against the common enemies of ours – Napoleon, Hitler [the latter was born in 1889 while Pushkin died in 1837 ]. At least, that’s my view of it. Perhaps the poem was written for another reason, I just did not know, this is our common problem – the lack of knowledge of history,” Mikhail Serdyukov, Head of the project ‘The Alley of Russia’s Glory’, told RFE/RL.
In addition, Serdyukov said he believed that Mahiliou ‘is a small town on the outskirts of Russia’.
The text on the bust of the Russian poet was approved by the local authorities of Mahiliou, the representatives of the initiative told Radio Liberty.