A Monument to Marshal Ivan Konev Has Been Unveiled in Slovakia, TASR Reports

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Slovakia unveiled a statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev on Saturday in the so-called Death Valley in the northeast of the country near the Dukel Pass. The figure of Marshal Konev is controversial. He led Soviet troops that suppressed the anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary in 1956. He commanded Soviet troops in the eastern part of Berlin when the wall was being built and in 1968 he covered the reconnaissance of Soviet intelligence office…

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In the Slovak village of Krušlova, in the north-east of the country, a monument to the Marshal of the Soviet Union, Ivan Konevu, was opened. The monument was installed in the area of the town of Svidnik in the Prash province, where in the autumn of 1944 the Red Army carried out the Karpatsko-Duklin offensive operation under the command of Marshal Konev, wrote TASR. The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister for Agriculture and Development…

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The village is known for its fierce battles and records.

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The opening ceremony was attended by Russian diplomats and representatives of the Slovak Prime Minister's Party. In Slovakia, a monument dedicated to the Soviet Marshal Ivan [...] In Slovakia, a monument dedicated to the Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev was inaugurated. The initiative belonged to Robert Fico сершу з'явиться на BUCPRESS.

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The unveiling of a statue of Ivan Konev in the village of Kružlová in the Svidník district has also attracted attention in Russia. The pro-Kremlin portal EA Daily took this opportunity to recall the removal of Konev's monument in Prague and contrasted Slovakia with the Czech Republic.