Work got underway in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia late Tuesday and into Wednesday to dismantle a 70-year-old Soviet monument which has divided society. The towering "Monument to the Soviet Army ...
Time may be up for graffiti artists who have been used to decorating Bulgaria's Soviet Army memorial in political colours, as the police have decided to put it under guard. Two daubings in recent ...
According to Eleonora Mitrofanova, the actions to dismantle the monument to the Soviet Army are contrary to bilateral and intergovernmental agreements SOFIA, August 29. /TASS/. Bulgarian ...
TASS/. Several hundred people gathered in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv to protest against the idea to remove the local monument to the Soviet Army known as Alyosha. The people rallied near the ...
This monumental structure commemorates the Tsar’s crucial role in the liberation of Russian serfs and his significant contribution to Bulgaria’s liberation from Ottoman rule. The monument ...
and until April 2 there is no time for these clearly defined trends to reverse. - Another campaign to remove the monument to the Soviet Army from the center of Sofia has begun.
The foreign ministry condemned the exhibition's narrative of liberation from Nazism, and Russia in turn accused Bulgaria of "re-writing history". Over the weekend, Sofia's Monument to the Soviet ...