In Chernigov found the stolen busts of Pushkin and kotsyubinskogo : Crime news : Vladim

Kidnapped in December of last year busts of writers Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail kotsyubinskogo was discovered in Chernihiv, said the Deputy mayor of the city Oleksandr Lomako.

“The stolen monument to Pushkin and Kotsyubinskoe failed to detect. The announcement was made at the meeting of the mayor Vladislav Atroshenko. Yet investigations are carried out, details of the investigation are not disclosed, “- said in his Facebook Lomako.

He added that monuments were never under special protection, and they are not guarded neither the Soviet nor tsarist government nor the one that appeared in Kiev at the time of independence. Even set up of 20 municipal guard doing not guard specific objects.

On December 18, has been released in the historical part of Chernigiv near the Elias Church with the grave of the writer Kotsyubinsky dropped from the pedestal and after stole the bust, weighing more than 100 pounds. The main material for it was bronze.
In addition, taking advantage of the holidays, criminals on the night of December 31, stole a bronze bust of Pushkin, located in the historic centre of Chernihiv.