Focus on this artwork and explain the After the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
By December 31, 1991, the few remaining Soviet institutions that had not been taken over by Russia ceased operation, and individual republics assumed the central government's role, and the historical memories began to come back
The original bas-reliefs and inscription were returned to the Statue of Knyaz Vorontsov. and Pushkins verse was removed.
In autumn 2005, the remains of the Knyaz Vorontsov family were returned to the newly rebuilt Cathedral on Sobor Square in Odesa. There was a fireworks display. Military troops marched beside the statue of Knyaz Vorontsov and saluted the General Field Marshal.
The monument of M.S. Vorontsov on the Sobor Square was declared an object of cultural heritage. The monument was taken under the protection firstly as a monument to local history the decision of the Executive Committee of the Odesa Regional Council dated 27 of July, 1971, the number 381. The security number: 150006 - Н.Then as a monument to the monumental art of national importance, as a monument to urban planning and architecture of local importance according to the decision of the Executive Committee of the Odesa Regional Council dated 27 of December, 1991, the number 580; and finally as per Resolution of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine dated 3 of September, 2009, the State number 928. But on 11 November 2023 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine removed the statue from the register of monuments in order to comply with 2023 derussification-laws. This law prohibits toponymy that symbolizes or glorifies Russia, individuals who carried out aggression against Ukraine (or another country), as well as totalitarian policies and practices related to the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, including Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territories.
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