Monumentul ostașului din Timișoara: o controversă
The monument of the soldier in Timisoara: a controversy

Summary/Abstract: The most visible monument in Timisoara, located in the city's Central Park, the work of sculptor Ion Vlad, has been the subject of a civic, political and artistic controversy for several years. Some call for its demolition/relocation, on the grounds that it celebrates the Soviet (Russian) army, others consider that it should be kept in its current location, because it is a monument dedicated to the Romanian army and, moreover, it is the work of a renowned artist. This article, based on a careful analysis of the monument and available documents, leads to the conclusion that, thematically, the work combines Soviet and Romanian elements, but that, since its inauguration in December 1962, it has been considered and celebrated as a monument dedicated to the Romanian army. It is a "transitional" monument, not yet completely detached from the canons of 1950s "Sovietism", but already part of the post-Soviet national trend of the 1960s.

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