Sentence examples of "erect" in English with translation "воздвигнуть"

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During celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Shevardnadze used Gorbachev's absence to assert that Georgia had given the 20th century two historic figures: “One who erected the Iron Curtain [Stalin], and one who tore it down” – meaning himself. Во время празднований 10-й годовщины падения Берлинской Стены, воспользовавшись отсутствием Горбачева, Шеварднадзе заявил, что Грузия дала 20-му веку две исторические фигуры: «Одной из них стал человек, воздвигший Железный Занавес (Сталин), а другой – человек, сорвавший его (имея в виду самого себя)».
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