Terrible Idea? Plans For Statue Of Infamous Tsar Ivan IV Draw Ire In Russia

Last year, residents of the Russian city of Oryol fought off moves to erect a monument to Josef Stalin — now they’re battling against plans for a statue of another tyrant, Ivan the Terrible. Officials want to erect the statue of the tsar, who is said to have killed his own son, near a children’s theater in the southwestern city that he founded 450 years ago.

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