Analogue of the Glory Memorial to be erected in Moscow in 2011

By 2011, the Moscow authorities intend to install on Poklonnaya Hill a monument symbolizing the memorial blown up in Kutaisi(Georgia). The resolution about Moscow monument has been already signed by Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow Mayor, reports Interfax.

According to the city administration, the Moscow authorities have decided to support public anti-fascist initiative. The monument will be a symbol of the memorial, blown up in Kutaisi.

A source  emphasized that there will be organized an open competition for the best project of the monument.

The "Memorial of Glory" by Merab Berdzenishvili was undermined in Kutaisi December 19, 2009 by order of the Georgian authorities. The explosion killed a local woman and her eight-year-old daughter.