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Councilors in the eastern Estonian town of Narva are next Monday, August 15, set to rule on the fate of a controversial monument, a replica World War Two-era Soviet tank. ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported that a decision in draft would relocate it in a museum within city limits.
Councilors in the eastern Estonian town of Narva are next Monday, August 15, set to rule on the fate of a controversial monument, a replica World War Two-era Soviet tank. ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported that a decision in draft would relocate it in a museum within city limits.
Mayor of the eastern Estonian city of Narva, Katri Raik says that the decision to remove a controversial monument was not made lightly.
In the context of Russia's war in Ukraine, the Narva tank has unambiguously regained its original meaning as a Russian war machine, which is why it should be brought to the Narva Museum as part of the exhibition "Narva 1944 - Mariupol 2022", according to Marju Lauristin (SDE), professor emeritus at the University of Tartu.
Architects and artists' unions are calling for the government to release the names of people sitting on its Soviet monument committee and their protocols and decisions to increase transparency in the process.