People’s Artist of the USSR Vasiliy Lanovoy made a donation of Marshal Zhukov’s bust to the LPR

“During the auto-parade “Great Victory”, which we took part in as LPR representatives, we asked Lanovoy, in his capacity as head of ‘Alley of Russian Glory’ to establish a monument in the capital of the Lugansk People’s Republic. After that, we got in touch with the head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky, and after negotiations and preparatory work, today, we put up a bust of Marshal [Zhukov] in Lugansk. We’d like to note the large contribution made to this by the author of the project “Alley of Russian Glory” Mikhail Serdyukov. With support from the city administration of Lugansk and the LPR non-governmental organisation “Peace to Lugansk”, we erected this monument in the courtyard of school No. 36,″ – Kobtsev said.

The solemn event brought together public activists from all over Lugansk, city residents (especially, from Zhukov Quarter), high school students, and central and local politicians, including Manolis Pilavov, the head of the city administration of Lugansk.

“Today, it’s symbolic that we come together here in the Zhukov Quarter to dedicate a monument to the Marshal of Victory, Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. Troops under his command liberated our Motherland. I thank the Impuls group and the ‘Alley of Russian Glory’ for doing everything possible to make possible this ceremony today,” – Manilos Pilavov said. He presented the library of school No. 36 with three volumes of Georgy Zhukov’s memoirs.

For his part, Alexey Karyakin, Chairman of the LPR People’s Council, told the crowd that there were parallels between the events of over 70 years ago and what’s happening now, “Today we stand at the threshold of deterring a fascism that once seemed defeated, but which nevertheless rose again. When Georgy Konstantinovich came to the front, all the soldiers knew – ‘we’re going on the offensive and we’re going to win’. So, I’m sure that with the unveiling of a monument to this wonderful man in our town, why, victory is just around the corner”.