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Solzhenitsyn statue returns to Vladivostok after Pacific Fleet objection
In Vladivostok, a statue of Nobel Prize-winning Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was temporarily returned to Ship Quay after it could not be moved to a smaller square. The monument will remain there until renovations at Mary and Hope Square are completed.
In Vladivostok, a statue of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was returned to its previous location after its new site proved too small for the monument. The statue will remain at Ship Quay until the architectural renovations at Mary and Hope Square are completed.
The monument was removed on Tuesday from the waterfront promenade in the city center and was to be taken to a nearby, smaller square. The relocation could not be completed after it became clear during installation that the site was not large enough to accommodate the statue. The statue was temporarily returned to its former location on Wednesday.
The Vladivostok mayor's press service said the monument visually overwhelmed the small recreational area. A new relocation is planned after architects complete the necessary changes at Mary and Hope Square. No timetable has been announced for when this will take place.
Pacific Fleet objected to the statue's location
Solzhenitsyn, described as the Soviet Union's best-known literary dissident, spent years in labor camps before being exiled to the United States. After returning to Russia, he flew to Vladivostok in May 1994.
The statue, installed in 2015, drew objections from some local activists because it depicts the writer disembarking from a ship's pier. Following these complaints, the Vladivostok mayor's office approved the monument's relocation in March.
The Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet also opposed having a monument dedicated to the Soviet dissident in the area, saying that the waterfront site was reserved for World War II memorials and warships.
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