The memorial sign Finnish statesman and military commander Carl Mannerheim removed from the wall of the building of the Military Academy of logistics in Saint Petersburg and moved to the Museum-reserve “Tsarskoe Selo”. This was reported on the website of the Russian military historical society.
“A controversial figure, Carl Mannerheim — the subject of study and discussions of historians. When this illegal action and “war monuments” — not the method of this discussion,” according to the RVIA.
The memorial sign will be kept in an exhibit at the Museum of the First world war “Military chamber,” “without a restoration, as a symbol of historical debate in modern Russian society,” the report States.
A commemorative plaque was installed in June. This caused a protest among the residents. One of the residents filed a lawsuit to dismantle the Board, but it was rejected by the decision of the Smolninsky court.
The Board Mannerheim repeatedly attacked. The latter was absolutely 10 Oct. Then the activists of the unregistered party “the Other Russia” has tried to chop her with an axe. The week before the Board fired. In addition, three occasions, she was doused with red paint.
The latter is associated with the Board the incident occurred on Thursday, October 13. Near it detained four men who tried to hang on the wall a sign mentioning the city’s Governor Georgy Poltavchenko.
