Prague to remove statue of Soviet marshal who led Red Army forces

A bird sits on the monument of Soviet World War II commander Ivan Stepanovic Konev in Prague, Czech Republic, September 12, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

PRAGUE (Reuters) - A district assembly in Prague voted on Thursday to remove a statue of a Soviet World War Two marshal and replace it with a more general memorial following a row that has drawn in the Czech president and Russian authorities.

The statue of Marshal Ivan Konev, who led the Red Army forces that liberated most of Czechoslovakia and entered Prague on May 9, 1945, was erected in 1980.