Russia plans monument to soldier killed in Ukraine war at site of demolished memorial to exiled Poles

Yakutsk’s chief architect, Semyon Sergeyev, told the Yakutsk-based news outlet YSIA that a monument to Dmitry Yegorov — a participant in the war in Ukraine killed in 2023 — will be erected at the intersection of Poyarkova and Kurashova streets. The site previously held a memorial to exiled Poles.