28 September 2010
Soldier Killed for Refusal to Accept Islam Now Set in Bronze
Monument to Evgeny Rodionov, a soldier who perished in Chechen Republic in the 1990s has been set up in his native town of Kuznetsk in Penza Region
Private Rodionov was killed by Chechen militants, when kept a prisoner in Chechnya, on May, 23rd, 1996. He was decapitated for refusal to take off the underwear cross he was wearing and accept Islam.
"The monument depicts a bronze candle with its flame embracing a soldier who is holding a cross", - the report reads. The monument will be unveiled near the school, where Evgeny Rodionov studied.
The author of the monument is the Ukrainian sculptor Sergey Mardar.
Source: interfax.ru
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