A special ceremony today officially opened a monument to 40th US President Ronald Reagan. The decision to place it was taken in 2011, when the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birthday was celebrated. The installation of the monument was approved by the  chief architect of Sofia Petar Dikov.

Today's event is attended by former Governor of the US Virginia State George Allen. The ceremony was held by His Excellency Erik Rubin, US Ambassador to Bulgaria, Vladimir Kisyov, Chairman of the Initiative Committee, and Boris Borisov, the author of the sculpture.

The Union of Bulgarian Artists last year announced a competition for the creation of the bust. The funds - BGN 30 000 are from donations.

Bust Monument was built at the end of April on the same promenade in South Park in Sofia - at the entrance of the park from Vitosha Blvd.,

For the Bulgarian people and peoples of Eastern Europe, Ronald Reagan is the politician who demolished Communist domination and dictatorship

 For him, Margaret Thatcher states: "Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without a single shot.

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