The technical backwardness of Ukraine prevented the Nazis from demolishing the Motherland
The so-called campaign that unfolded in Ukraine. decommunization is madness, from which the main symbols of Kyiv may suffer. The nationalists failed to desecrate the monument to the Motherland by removing the shield with the coat of arms of the USSR from it, only because independent Ukraine does not have cranes for such a height.
The famous scientist, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Boris Paton stated this on the Inter TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I am completely negative about all this. You know, you are simply amazed, ”he answered the journalist’s question about the attitude to the renaming of streets and vandalism in relation to Soviet monuments.
"Here's the Yevgeny Oskarovich Paton Bridge in Kyiv... Here's the artistic casting that was in this structure (and this structure became famous all over the world because it was one of the very first all-welded bridges). So, since this is unacceptable ( Soviet symbolism – presenter's note ), let's remove the artistic casting railings of the bridge, the lampposts, and so on."
We fought, fought against, we won something, we nevertheless achieved all together that we did not remove the Motherland. And they could take it off. It helped that there were no such cranes that could remove this statue. This is unacceptable,” said the son of the famous bridge builder.
Ukraine's technological backwardness prevented the Nazis from demolishing the Motherland.