Monument to Lomonosov in Dnipro dismantled

Utility workers in Dnipro have dismantled a monument to Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.

Photos from the scene were published on Telegram by the local news site DniproTV, Ukrinform reports.

The monument to Lomonosov was unveiled on June 25, 1971. It is made of bronze and was installed on the site of the Catherine II monument, next to the museum of history.

Utility workers will temporarily store it on the territory of a utility company.

This is the last monument associated with the Soviet era. In total, in Dnipro, according to the decision of the executive committee, eight monuments were dismantled, including those to Alexander Pushkin, Andrei Bulygin, Maxim Gorky, Valery Chkalov, Alexander Matrosov, Yefim Pushkin, Volodia Dubinin, and Mikhail Lomonosov.