The memorial plaque in front of the apartment building where he lived (three blocks from the Kremlin) is still mounted on the brick wall. The Konev monument erected by the communist government of Czechoslovakia in Prague 6 (náměstí Interbrigády) in 1980 became a subject of controversy that escalated in 2018, after which the city administration added explanatory text to the monument, noting the participation of its subject in the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution and the Prague Spring. The monument was removed on 3 April 2020, with the Czech president Miloš Zeman criticizing the removal as "an abuse of the state of emergency". Within days, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced it would begin a symbolic investigation of the alleged "defiling of symbols of Russia's military glory". Honours and awards Soviet Union Honorary citizen of Bălți (Moldova) and other cities Foreign References External links Year of Victory, Konev's memoir translated into English by Progress Publishers and reprinted in 1984. Ivan Konev Newsreels at Net-Film Newsreels and Documentary Films Archive 1897 births 1973 deaths Burials at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis Camoufleurs Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Chief Commanders of the Legion of Merit Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Fifth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union First convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Frunze Military Academy alumni Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion Grand Crosses of the Virtuti Militari Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Heroes of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Heroes of the Soviet Union Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Marshals of the Soviet Union People from Nikolsky Uyezd People from Kirov Oblast People of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross Recipients of the Military Cross Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1944–1989) Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the Order of Victory Recipients of the