The initiative group of the city of Sitka believes that the monument offends the feelings of indigenous peoples.
We are talking about the statue of colonizer Alexander Baranov, who was the head of Russian settlements in North America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The statue was installed in the historical centre of the city in 1989.
Alaska started the war with Russian past
Member of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Frants Klintsevich in an interview with radio station “Moscow speaking” reported that such gestures fit into the political landscape of the United States. Also, the Senator has counted Alaska as a Russian land.
“I know the story. It is already a generally accepted trend that went today and he asked Democrats to destabilize the situation and prevent the elections and a positive vote for trump. This internal political struggle. In my opinion, they released a Genie, who then did not drive into the bottle. To be honest, insulting. Bit of land that was Russian, our. Sold, had to return, did not return, demagoguery that the case was closed, and remains that is the situation. Baranov, who headed the commercial structure, he was actually there without the troops, there was no army in contrast to other countries, and a lot of that gave. And water pipes, and heating”.
Klintsevich said that he considers Baranova worthy man who brought civilization to the American way of life.
“of course We are outraged, this is a decent Russian, whose descendants erected a monument in memory of the Russian patriot, who has done a lot for Russia, but the circumstances were such that his works took advantage of the United States of America. Today he, along with all the colonizers is not a nobody, but the General trend is tied, and this is a big problem today Americans. We for this reason seriously outraged, don’t see him as colonizer and oppressor. This is the man who brought civilization and culture and a lot of what gave the peoples of Alaska”.
The final decision on the fate of the monument should take local advice. Earlier in new York decided to dismantle the monument to Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance to the American Museum of natural history. In the center of the monument is sitting on a horse, the former President of the United States, with the two sides which go on foot Indian and African. The monument was considered a racist.
