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Monument To Kalinin To Be Reconstructed For $ 62 Thousand In Minsk

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Monument To Kalinin To Be Reconstructed For $ 62 Thousand In Minsk
PHOTO: ALIAKSANDR KHANIN

The soviet idol got rotten.

There are tenders on the state procurement website for the reconstruction of the monument to Kalinin in Minsk. It turns out that the restoration of the Soviet idol costs 134 thousand Belarusian rubles, which is about 62 thousand dollars at today's rate.

However, both tenders ended in failure. It was not possible to figure out who was involved in the restoration and why it cost so much. Employees of the Pershamaiski district Remautador enterprise, which is responsible for the reconstruction, categorically refused to answer questions.

Nn.by asked Anton Astapovich, the chairman of the Society for the Preservation of Monuments, if he knew anything about that restoration.

“Two years ago, I was among the participants in the project for the restoration of the monument, I was doing the historical reference, – Astapovich said. – But the project research manager rejected the reinterpretation of the monument – I suggested adding a sign that Kalinin had relation to mass political repressions.

As for the cost of restoration, here I am not a big specialist, unfortunately. But the price will be high, since we are talking about a complete reconstruction, starting from the pedestal. The monument itself is made of copper alloy, with steel reinforcement at the joints – chemical processes are taking place.

This Kalinin actually got rotten. Restoration of such things is very, very expensive. The expediency of such a restoration is the second question.

I can only add that they made the monument in the late 1970s. The cost of manufacturing, installation and landscaping around cost more than 280 thousand Soviet rubles. For comparison: at that time, a three room flat cost about 6 thousand in Minsk.”

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