In Maykop in the territory of the military memorial of the 131st motor-shooting brigade near to Georgievsky temple where the monument dedicated to Nikolay Miracle-Maker was fixed, they organized on February 14th there spadework for solemn opening of the monument. The ceremony is dated to the midday on February 15th.
It is expected that the guests from the next regions and the federal center will arrive to Adygeya. After the opening in the republican philarmonic society a concert of the national actor of Russia Renat Ibraghimov and soloists of the State Big academic theatre is planned.
Note: against the idea of fixing in Maykop of the monument of the Christian sacred in the last summer active workers of Circassian congress and Adyghe Khase acted. The main argument thus was that the monument personifies tsarist imperial policies in Caucasus. It specifies, in particular, that in the basis of the pedestal the cross in the form of the award of the Russian-Caucasian war period " For conquest of Caucasus" was built-in.
One month ago Adygeya president at the meeting with archbishop Maykopsky and Adygeysky Panteleimon and representatives of the public organizations (into which number there had not been organizations stated their protest), declared about his support of that monument’s opening in Maykop.
Today, as republican mass-media informed, they received to the address of the leader of republic a thankful telegram from the metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Cyril. In the telegram it was spoken: "I am convinced that your efforts and your kind attention to the needs of orthodox people and Moslems in Adygeya Republic will construct a strong interreligious peace necessary for prosperity and preservation of the spiritual traditions of all the peoples of our Fatherland".
"We’d been saying that the last summer, we repeat it now, - one of the active workers of Circassian congress Asker Namitokov explained to Caucasian unit correspondent, - that monument is not capable to serve in any way to iterreligious or interethnic peace. On the contrary, it can become an object of provocation. This provocation will proceed, obviously, not from Adygs - they are the least people interested in that, and from some other fascisting groups. But there will be them who pay off".
Caucasian unit