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Oh, wow! look at this. very welcome! the t—34 was produced from may �*aos to �*60s, more than 80,000. so, it's extremely ordinary tank, nothing special. wow — i mean, you say nothing special but, i mean, there's — that is like a rock. that's why it is tank. laughs. why do you think a museum is a better place for these sorts of objects? that's why the museums are created for — to keep the history. it's a question of symbols. and for our people, that is a symbol of occupation, that's a symbol of soviet troops, and we wanted to turn a new page. as you can see, we're not destroying it,...

From public view. and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. explosion. this was among the first — a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it's been moved to estonia's war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it's to avert what it calls "increasing social tension". oh, wow! look at this. very welcome! the t—34 was produced from may �*aos to �*60s, more than 80,000. so, it's extremely ordinary tank, nothing special.

A World War Two-era T-34 Soviet tank is to be installed in the town of Ivangorod, just across the river from Narva and on the Russian side of the border with Estonia.

The 'Narva tank' is now inside a hangar at the national war museum in Viimsi, near Tallinn, after its removal Tuesday, and while much of the focus on events dealt with political aspects, the museum's chief noted that, at 30 tonnes, the logistical side was noteworthy too.

A museum on the island of Hiiumaa says it would like to house a controversial tank monument slated for removal from its current location just outside Narva, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Tuesday.