Uzbeks Demolish World War II Memorial Ahead Of Anniversary
The monument dedicated to participants of World War II in the city of Angren, near Tashkent, was demolished on March 19 as President Islam Karimov has criticized the wartime Soviet government, saying it needlessly sacrificed the lives of thousands of Uzbeks and that his country is still recovering from the loss.
In the 1990s, Karimov changed the name of the May 9 holiday to Day of Remembrance, and official media stopped referring to the conflict as the Great Patriotic War.part of a redevelopment plan.
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