


With his action he drew attention to the need to dismantle the monument. On March 22, 2022, a resident of Ternopil painted a Pushkin monument red and wrote "stop war" on it. Including the monument to the Russian writer. There is no explanation for these crimes. The crimes of Russians against the Ukrainian people: murder, torture of people, rape of women and children, destruction of Ukrainian cities have crossed out the entire culture of the Russian people. Serhiy Nadal, mayor of Ternopil from the far-right Svoboda party, commented: Monuments to the Russian poet were dismantled in Uzhhorod and Ternopil on April 9.

The first event that became widely known was the dismantling of the monument to Pushkin in Mukachevo on April 7, 2022. Erected in 1899, it was the oldest monument to Pushkin in the city. A bronze bust of Pushkin was removed from Glory Square ( Ploshсha Slavy) in Kyiv.
