Okwamanje, isikhumbuzo sokugcina saseFinland sikaLenin sizothuthelwa endaweni yokugcina izinto./Sasu Makinen/Lehtikuva/AFP
IFinland yadiliza isifanekiso sayo sokugcina somphakathi somholi weSoviet uVladimir Lenin, njengoba inqwaba yayibuthene edolobheni eliseningizimu-mpumalanga yeKotka ukuzobuka ukususwa kwaso.
Abanye belethe i-champagne ukuze bagubhe, kuyilapho indoda eyodwa ibhikishela ifulege laseSoviet njengoba umholi eqhuma ithusi, emile ephethe isilevu sakhe esandleni, esuswa esisekelweni sakhe futhi waqhutshwa ngeloli.
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Kwabanye abantu, lesi sithombe “sasithandeka ngandlela thize, noma okungenani besijwayelekile” kodwa abaningi baphinde bathi asisuswe ngoba “sibonisa inkathi yengcindezelo emlandweni waseFinland,” kusho umqondisi wokuhlelwa kwedolobha uMarkku Hannonen.
IFinland - eyalwa impi eyachitha igazi neSoviet Union engumakhelwane eMpini Yezwe II - yavuma ukungathathi hlangothi ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi ukuze ithole iziqinisekiso ezivela eMoscow zokuthi ngeke ihlasele.
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Lokhu kwaphoqelela ukungathathi hlangothi ukuze kushwelezwe umakhelwane wayo onamandla kwasungula igama elithi “Finlandization”.
Kodwa abantu abaningi baseFinland babheka lesi sithombe njengesifanekisela inkathi edlule okufanele ishiywe.
“Abanye bacabanga ukuthi kufanele ligcinwe njengesikhumbuzo somlando, kodwa iningi licabanga ukuthi kufanele lihambe, ukuthi akulona elalapha,” kusho uLeikkonen.
Siqoshwe umdwebi wase-Estonia u-Matti Varik, lesi sithombe siyisipho sango-1979, esivela edolobhaneni lase-Kotka i-Tallinn, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyingxenye yeSoviet Union./Sasu Makinen/Lehtikuva/AFP
Lesi sithombe sanikezwa njengesipho ku-Kotka yidolobha laseTallinn ngo-1979.
Yacekelwa phansi izikhathi eziningana, kwaze kwabangela ukuba iFinland ixolise eMoscow ngemva kokuba othile epende ingalo kaLenin ibe bomvu, kubhala iHelsingin Sanomat yansuku zonke.
Ezinyangeni ezedlule, iFinland isuse izithombe eziningi zenkathi yamaSoviet emigwaqweni yayo.
Ngo-Ephreli, idolobha elisentshonalanga neFinland iTurku linqume ukususa iLenin enkabeni yedolobha lalo ngemuva kokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine kwaqubula inkulumo-mpikiswano ngalesi sithombe.
Ngo-August, inhloko-dolobha iHelsinki yasusa isithombe sethusi esibizwa ngokuthi “Ukuthula Komhlaba” esasiphiwe iMoscow ngo-1990.
Ngemuva kwamashumi eminyaka engazihlanganisi nemifelandawonye yezempi, iFinland yamemezela ukuthi izofaka isicelo sobulungu be-NATO ngoMeyi, kulandela ukuqala komkhankaso wezempi waseMoscow e-Ukraine.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-23-2022