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