The greatest concern is the technical condition of 10 military monuments identified during the annual check of military graves and other memorial sites, the head of the State Service for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Kaliningrad region, Evgeny Maslov, reported on April 25 in a operational meeting. meeting, reports the press service of the regional government on the official Internet portal.
In 2024, the Service’s monitoring will cover 95 mass graves and memorial complexes located in the territory of 18 municipalities. The other districts are checking the status of the facilities themselves.
“Currently, our specialists have carefully examined more than 80 military graves and, as a result, a dozen memorial monuments have been identified, the technical condition of which, including the landscaping of the territory, is of great concern.”Maslov said.
As an example, the monument in Bagrationovsk is cited, where areas with outlines of knocked down faces were found on the wall with bas-reliefs. In the village of Zheleznodorozhny, the memorial slabs of the monument have cracks and in some places the layer of paint has been lost. In the village of Timiryazevo, Slavsky district, in a mass grave, the cover of the pedestal under the bowl of the Eternal Flame was destroyed. On problem objects, cracks, biological damage, vegetation at the joints of pavement surfaces, peeling off of the plaster layer, loss of the paint layer, glue drips and efflorescence, destruction of individual elements and letters on the slabs are difficult to recognize. read.
The Service also has complaints about the quality of design documentation for the repair of memorials. The governor instructed the heads of municipal administrations to delete the comments in the coming days.
It is indicated that on the territory of the Kaliningrad region, 190 military monuments dedicated to the feat of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War are considered historical and cultural monuments.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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