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Mykola Oleksandrovych Shchors (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович Щорс; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1895 – 30 August 1919) was a member of the Russian Communist Party and a participant in the Russian Civil War, serving as Red Army commander.
The Mykola Shchors monument was an equestrian statue to Red Army commander (and member of the Russian Communist Party) Mykola Shchors erected in 1954, and located at an intersection of Symona Petliury Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard , Kyiv, Ukraine, that was dismantled on 9 December 2023.
Dec 9, 2023 · The authorities in Kyiv on December 9 dismantled a massive equestrian monument to Bolshevik military commander Mykola Shchors that was erected in the Ukrainian capital nearly 70 years ago....
Dec 9, 2023 · The statue of Mykola Shchors on horseback, erected in the 1950s, was taken down from a pedestal in downtown Kyiv to the applause of a small group of onlookers. City officials said it will be stored in the State Aviation Museum.
Dec 9, 2023 · The statue of Mykola Shchors on horseback, erected in the 1950s, was taken down from a pedestal in downtown Kyiv to the applause of a small group of onlookers.
Mykola Oleksandrovich Shchors (Ukrainian: Микола Олександрович Щорс; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1895 – 30 August 1919) was a Ukrainian communist. He served as Red Army commander, member of the Russian Communist Party, renowned for his personal courage[by whom?] during the Russian Civil War and was...
While fighting in the front lines of the Bohun regiment, Shchors was killed in very obscure circumstances near Beloshitsa village (now Shchorsovkaon) on August 30, 1919. Shchors was killed by an enemy machine gun shot, according to official sources. Shchors was buried in Samara far from the battlefield, for unclear reasons.
