In the Tyumen region Tatar activists opposed the installation of the monument to Ermak

In Toolsnetwork region, the local Tatar activists opposed the installation of the monument to the ataman Yermak.

according to the newspaper “the Tyumen region today”, the local authorities decided to establish a monument in honor of the 435-anniversary of the death of Ermak. However, according to Ruposters, representatives of the local Tatar community, activists, urban National-cultural autonomy of the Siberian Tatars and the NGO “Heritage” stated that the installation of the monument is a “provocation aimed at inciting ethnic hatred, instability in the relations between peoples in today’s difficult conditions”.

they believe that monuments should choose “of the individual, raising a new generation in the spirit of peace and prosperity, not war and discord.” Activists urged the mayor of Tobolsk, the Chairman of the Tyumen regional Duma and the Governor of the region to be on the monument.

Earlier in Tyumen because of the protests of activists, the authorities twice refused the installation of the monument to Ermak.

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