In this artwork, how is the Formation of the Soviet Union discussed?
Around 1935 the Sobor Square was renamed The Square of the 10th anniversary of the Red Army. In the second part of 1930s, the Soviet authorities tried to pull down the statue but the thick steel chain, which was secured around to the monument and to a powerful tractor, broke. Unable to destroy the statue, Odesa Agitprop had the dedication replaced by an unflattering verse by poet Alexandr Pushkin. The Graf and the poet were not friendly and Pushkin had expressed his feelings in a short poem.
Graf Odesa Soviet Union Red Army Agitprop Alexandr Pushkin