A bag was pulled over the head of an Ivan the Terrible statue in Oryol

Source: Meduza

An Ivan the Terrible statue in the Russian city of Oryol was found with a bag pulled over its head and a sign with the inscription “Oh, is it hot in here. Oh, what darkness.”

A photograph of the statue was posted on one of Oryol’s online communities on social networking site VKontakte. Since then, it has appeared on Twitter.

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The statue of Ivan the Terrible on a horse was erected in Oryol on October 14, 2016. The statue’s installation was preceded by a public debate due to the Russian tsar’s controversial reputation. Oryol’s regional governer Vadim Potomsky and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill spoke in favor of the statue.

Krasnoyarsk-based artist Vladislav Gyultyaev installed an “alternative monument” to Ivan the Terrible in the city of Kansk in mid-October. Taking the form of a stake, the “alternative monument” was a response to the statue of Ivan the Terrible in Oryol. On October 30, it became known that Gyultyaev’s work had been taken down.

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