Page 5 - Soviet Monuments News Today

A USSR howitzer monument has been removed from outside the Auvere Power Station in Ida-Viru County by state energy company Eesti Energia and it will now be sent to the Sinimäe War Museum.

Almost 3,000 residents of Narva want to put the future of its Soviet-era tank monument to a vote. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, similar statues have started to be relocated across Estonia.

Professor of Cultural History at the Estonian Academy of Arts Linda Kaljundi said that a new idea competition for how to alter the meaning of the Maarjamäe Memorial or frame it differently would be welcome.

Hiiumaa residents are discussing the fate of the island's Soviet-era statue known as "Kivi Jüri" in Kärdla, but the authorities say there are no plans to relocate it.

Haapsalu city government is awaiting the results of research it commissioned from the Foundation of Haapsalu and Läänemaa Museums before deciding what to do with a Soviet monument located in the middle of town.

Six Soviet monuments located in Pärnu County's Lääneranna Municipality will be relocated to a local museum, regional daily Lääne Elu writes.

The Põhja-Sakala Municipality is requesting the reinternment of remains and removal of World War II communal burial monuments in Pilistvere, Suure-Jaani and Võhma.

Four Estonian municipalities have requested to move Soviet monuments and rebury the remains of Red Army soldiers. Several others are debating the future of theirs.

By leaving Soviet WWII monuments where they are (with minor adjustments like information tablets about the controversial history of the monument), we could preserve reminders for future generations of turns that history can take if we do not stay conscious and united in the name of keeping our country free and independent, Svetlana Štšur writes.

A rally in Riga on Friday evening saw an estimated 5,000 people arch through the streets of the Latvian capital, in support of a drive to purge the country of its Soviet heritage, public broadcaster LSM reports.