A significant and surprising event for modern Europe took place in the Hungarian city of Gyor.
On October 29, a Soviet military monument was reopened there, which had been under restoration for some time.
Moreover, all the work was carried out at the initiative of local authorities and at the expense of the local budget.
Against the background of dismantled Soviet monuments in Poland, the Baltic States and a number of other “civilized” European countries, when the USSR was liberated from the fascist yoke, but forgot about it, Hungary showed a real example of preserving historical memory.
The Hungarians put in order the territory of the burial place at the Nadorvárosi cemetery, restored the central obelisk and the sculpture of the Soviet soldier, repaired the pedestal, applied gilding to the already faded coat of arms of the USSR and the five-pointed star.
And you have no association with the “hated” Soviet period. Because here people have learned how to properly separate eras.
During the liberation of Hungary from the Germans, as explained by the Russian ambassador in Budapest, Yevgeny Stanislavov, tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers died on the territory of this country.
And the Hungarians simply remember this – without any reference to other historical times.
