History /
Polish - Soviet Brotherhood in Arms. [35]
The symbol of Polish-Russian relations - the Brotherhood in Arms Statue - was built in 1945 under
NKVD-supervision.
The hangdog stance of the soldiers has inspired this monuments nickname -
The Four Sleepers.At the top of the monument, the figures are more dynamic, like immense versions of dramatically posed toy soldiers. One figure rushes forward holding a machine gun at waist height, another is charging with a leveled rifle and between them both the third solider holds his arm outstretched behind him, about to hurl a distinctive barrel shaped soviet grenade.
Ironically enough, all materials used for the monument had been prepared by Warsaw pre-ww2 mayor for construction of the father Skorupka statue - the legendary hero of 1920 victory over bolsheviks.
Moreover the suggestion that Russians liberated Polish capital sounds rather insulting to us living in Warsaw.
Everybody knows the Red Army was just watching with friendly patience how Germans and RONA troops (the Russian National Liberation Army) were burning the city and killing its innocent civiliians.
Today some politicians are campaigning to
have it removed, even though a similar relocation of a memorial caused riots in Estonia early this year, and a bitter reaction from the Russian authorities.
No comments from me - I would like to hear
your opinion.
