[RFE/RL] Russia threatened Poland with "most serious consequences" for taking down a monument to a Soviet World War II general.
The removal of the memorial to General Ivan Chernyakhovsky began on September 17 in the northern town of Pieniezno, where the general died of injuries in 1945. Local officials argue he symbolizes the foisting of communism on Poland.
| Go to the Wiki link and you'll see why the Poles don't like him much. Something about liquidating a Polish local resistance ghetto during the drive to Berlin... |
The Russian embassy in Warsaw on September 18 issued a statement saying that Russia had "warned the Polish side many times" that removing such monuments "may not remain without the most serious consequences."
| He was buried in Lithuania. When that country broke away his remains were moved to Moscow. The Lithuanians also tore down a statue of the guy. Common reaction amongst a free people, it seems... |
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