From the Arts Park “Museon” in Moscow, a monument to Andrei Sakharov has disappeared. The loss of sculptures today was discovered by guides.
The Gorky Park Information Center told them that he knew nothing about the incident, and local guards said that the monument was sent for restoration. This was reported by the Telegram channel of the Human Rights Society “Memorial”.
A monument to the Soviet dissident, physics, laureate of the Nobel Prize of the World was created by the sculptor Grigory Pototsky. The figure of the academician looking into the sky was established near the memorial to the victims of political repression.
The Park’s press service was informed that the sculpture was handed over to the author last fall, whether it would return to Museon is still unknown.
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“Sakharov’s sculpture – the author. It was transferred by the author of the Museon for temporary exhibiting for free. In the fall of 2021, the author Grigory Pototsky took it to participate in exhibition projects and events related to the anniversary of Sakharov. The further return of the sculpture to the park was not discussed,” – They said in the press center.