ArmInfo. In Kazakhstan, even if decisions are made to dismantle monuments that do not correspond to today's values of the country, we do it calmly, without agitation, in accordance with the legal decisions of the local authorities. Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazaev stated, referring to the dismantling of the monument to Levon Mirzoyan in the city of Aktobe, and the opinion that there is a subtext in this matter concerning the nationality of this famous Bolshevik figure.
The diplomat stressed that special attention is paid to this issue in multinational Kazakhstan and to give estimates of the national coloring - at least not cleverly. According to the Ambassador, in Kazakhstan the main motive for making any decisions is always pragmatism and rationality, in accordance with the priorities set in the domestic policy of the country. "As a rule, as you know, interethnic, interethnic accord, interconfessional trust, there can not be such steps. If memory serves me well, Mirzoyan's monument was established in 1997 - it is difficult even to blame for the fact that it is a fight against Soviet monuments. Although, Kazakhstan treats the Soviet period with respect, and secondly, it is necessary, in our view, to approach issues in ideological politics very practical," the ambassador said.
He believes that attempts to give this event a noise, some extra color, probably just an attempt to make some loud statements.
At the same time, the ambassador provided a copy of the document, which proves that Levon Mirzoyan, as well as other leaders - the so-called Stalin Falcons - were part of this system, and could not go beyond the rules of the game established in the period of Stalinism. "And to raise this issue, this foam is not trying to think wisely and calmly about history, but all the time trying to take care of these wounds." They are not easy, even very heavy in both Kazakhstani and Armenian societies, because in Kazakhstan yesterday was literally a day and if during the famine between 1928 and 1933 an average of about 1.5 million Kazakhs perished in Kazakhstan, then about 110,000 people were repressed from 1935 to 1938, of which 20,000 were executed. It is impossible to wake up this issue, it is always very dangerous, especially in multinational countries and the modern world," the ambassador concluded.