Not only a Drama Theater: The occupiers in Mariupol are demolished by historic buildings - Andryushchenko (video)

The invaders destroyed the famous house with a clock where there was a monumental artist Viktor Arnautov. The invaders in Mariupol demolished the historic building on the world avenue 75, which the locals called the "house with a clock". The adviser to the mayor of the city Petro Andryushchenko wrote about it in the Telegram-channel. According to Andryushchenko, this house was a studio of the world -famous artist Viktor Arnautov. "Everything that is of historical value is turned into ashes.

A kind of" happy Christmas "from the occupiers," the mayor advisor commented. He also posted a video that can see the excavator near the building. The house with a clock was built in 1902 to order a local construction magnate Gabriel Hoff. The first floor was intended for trade, the rest were residential. After the creation of the USSR on the ground floor of the building opened a bookstore, and above the editorial board of the newspaper "Pryazovsky worker".

The house with a clock survived the German occupation and stood in a fire when German soldiers were set on fire before leaving the city. Viktor Arnautov is a Ukrainian monumentalist, who in 1929-1931 was trained in the Mexican painter of Diego Rivera, after which he worked in San Francisco. In 1963 he returned to the USSR and settled in Mariupol, which was then called Zhdanov.

Arnautov created a number of mosaic works in Mariupol, including a monumental panel at the house of communication and mosaic at the airport. According to Peter Andryushchenko, the Russians completely demolished the house with the help of the excavator, where Arnautov created his works. We will remind, on December 23 the invaders began the demolition of the destroyed building of the dramatic theater in Mariupol.