As a resident of Gomel and a person who often walks by the lake, I can say that the mermaid first fell and only her head was visible, and recently she just disappeared from sight (probably drowned), in general the lake is very overgrown, even the ducks became fewer (perhaps this is not because of this), in Soviet times there were even fountains! And now...
I almost walk through this lake every day. It's a horror what he's been turned into, heaps of garbage, grass, stinks from him already. Make it so that it would be nice to sit there!