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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

The plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank (photo) at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

The plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank (photo) at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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PAVEL NOVOTNY, Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (Civic Democrats, ODS) poses for photographer near Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Prague Uprising Memorial and plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Memorial to soldiers of Russian Liberation Army (ROA) who died while helping liberate Prague in 1945 in Prague-Reporyje square, Czech Republic, May 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

The plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Locals discuss alongside the plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

The plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Locals discuss alongside the plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

The plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank (photo) at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Locals discuss alongside the plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Locals discuss alongside the plaque commemorating soldiers of the anti-Soviet Russian Liberation Army (ROA), who was killed at the end of WWII while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945, Prague Reporyje, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank at its top from a significant but unknown author. A short text on the memorial remembers the 1945 Prague uprising and some 300 ROA members who died during it. Apart from it, there is the quote from the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Did all Czechs understand which Russians saved their city? Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. Novotny said the Reporyje district hall received a three metre high pole with small plastic art of a German helmet lying on a Soviet tank (pictured) at its top from a significant but unknown author. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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PAVEL NOVOTNY

Prague Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (Civic Democrats, ODS) is watching installation of plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Reporyje

Prague Reporyje plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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PAVEL NOVOTNY

Prague Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (Civic Democrats, ODS) is watching installation of plaque commemorating soldiers of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) in Prague, Czech Republic, April 30, 2020, who fell while assisting in the liberation of Prague in 1945. But the ROA also fought alongside the Nazis against Stalin's Soviet Union during World War Two. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Tomas Tkacik)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Tomas Tkacik)

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Pavel Novotny, Alexandra Udzenija

Pavel Novotny, 2nd from left, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, talks and gestures to Alexandra Udzenija during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny

Pavel Novotny, Czech opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS) representative, the mayor of the Prague-Reporyje district, speaks during the 29th congress of the party, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Supporters and opponents of Konev statue verbally clash in Prague, Pavel Novotny, EU, USA, flag

Some 60 supporters of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev (1897-1973) met at his memorial in Prague 6-Bubenec, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2019, to remember his 122nd birth anniversary and they verbally clashed with a dozen opponents protesting against them. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, center, (Civic Democrats, ODS) came to express support for the Konev opponents. He drew the media and public attention by his plan to install a memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA), dubbed as the Vlasov Army, in his municipal district. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Supporters and opponents of Konev statue verbally clash in Prague, Pavel Novotny, police officers

Some 60 supporters of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev (1897-1973) met at his memorial in Prague 6-Bubenec, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2019, to remember his 122nd birth anniversary and they verbally clashed with a dozen opponents protesting against them. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, left, (Civic Democrats, ODS) came to express support for the Konev opponents. He drew the media and public attention by his plan to install a memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA), dubbed as the Vlasov Army, in his municipal district. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Supporters and opponents of Konev statue verbally clash in Prague, Pavel Novotny, NATO flag

Some 60 supporters of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev (1897-1973) met at his memorial in Prague 6-Bubenec, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2019, to remember his 122nd birth anniversary and they verbally clashed with a dozen opponents protesting against them. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, left, (Civic Democrats, ODS) came to express support for the Konev opponents. He drew the media and public attention by his plan to install a memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA), dubbed as the Vlasov Army, in his municipal district. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Supporters and opponents of Konev statue verbally clash in Prague, Pavel Novotny, NATO flag

Some 60 supporters of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev (1897-1973) met at his memorial in Prague 6-Bubenec, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2019, to remember his 122nd birth anniversary and they verbally clashed with a dozen opponents protesting against them. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, left, (Civic Democrats, ODS) came to express support for the Konev opponents. He drew the media and public attention by his plan to install a memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA), dubbed as the Vlasov Army, in his municipal district. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Pavel Zacek, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Historian Pavel Zacek, right, (ODS) said the decision that one of the ROA units would help the Czechs fight against the Nazi Germans was made in Reporyje. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Zacek, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Historian Pavel Zacek, right, (ODS) said the decision that one of the ROA units would help the Czechs fight against the Nazi Germans was made in Reporyje. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Robert Vasicek, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. In a discussion at the assembly meeting tonight, Prague politician Robert Vasicek, left, (opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD) and pro-Russian activist Zarko Jovanovic criticised Novotny's plan. Some people who live in Reporyje also challenged the building of the memorial. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, pictured, (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, center, (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, center, (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Novotny, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, center, (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. On the photo is seen boardroom before the meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Zacek, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Historian Pavel Zacek, left-up, (ODS) said the decision that one of the ROA units would help the Czechs fight against the Nazi Germans was made in Reporyje. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Zarko Jovanovic, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. In a discussion at the assembly meeting tonight, Prague politician Robert Vasicek (opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD) and pro-Russian activist Zarko Jovanovic, 2nd from right, criticised Novotny's plan. Some people who live in Reporyje also challenged the building of the memorial. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Robert Vasicek, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny, (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. In a discussion at the assembly meeting tonight, Prague politician Robert Vasicek, left, (opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD) and pro-Russian activist Zarko Jovanovic criticised Novotny's plan. Some people who live in Reporyje also challenged the building of the memorial. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Pavel Zacek, Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Historian Pavel Zacek, pictured, (ODS) said the decision that one of the ROA units would help the Czechs fight against the Nazi Germans was made in Reporyje. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)