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the burial grounds under the monument had not been established with certainty before the excavations of 2007, although the
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relocated the Bronze
Soldier and, after their exhumation and identification, the remains of the Soviet soldiers, to the Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn. Not all remains were reburied there, as relatives were given a chance to claim them, and several bodies were reburied in various locations in the
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Tallinn City Council to demolish the monument, which saw the Estonian president in January 2007 vetoing a bill which would have allowed for its destruction and instead ordering its removal from the city centre. In February 2007, Estonian nationalists unsuccessfully attempted to place
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Estonian independence by taking power in Tallinn, and by proclaiming Provisional Government of Estonia and declaring re-establishment of the country's independence on 18 September 1944. By the time the Red Army entered Tallinn, they were entering an already-empty city with
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hill, with additional remains of Soviet soldiers reburied there in April 1945. After the burial of the Red Army soldiers on Tõnismägi, the square was named
Liberators' Square on 12 June 1945 with the Bronze Soldier Monument added two years later. The exact number and names of the persons buried in
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On 12 April 2022, the Bronze
Soldier entered the news again, when protesters of the Russian attack on Ukraine ground one of the medals off its chest. This came in the context of a governmental ban on symbols of Russian militarism and public meetings which incite violence, leading up to the
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The Bronze
Soldier monument replaced a preceding wooden memorial – a one-metre-high, wooden pyramid, about 20 cm in diameter, of a plain blue color crowned by a red star – that had been blown up on the night of 8 May 1946 by two Estonian teenagers. The two girls, 14-year-old
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place on the grounds of the monument. The
Russian embassy and other former USSR states were asked to provide DNA samples for the identification of the buried bodies. Those persons who can be identified were to be turned over to their relatives for reburial. The initial
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Tallinn reassumed Estonian control over Cathedral Hill, with the Government buildings, and proclaimed a national Government headed by Otto Tief, who ordered the German forces to leave and appealed to the Russians to recognize Estonian
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a day later, on 9 May.) During June 2007 the stone structure was rebuilt. Relatives have made claims to bodies of four of the war dead. Unclaimed remains were reburied at the military cemetery, next to the relocated monument, on 3 July 2007.
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was added in front of the monument in 1964. The Soviet liberation theme was changed when Estonia re-established independence in 1991, now stating "For those fallen in World War II"; at the same time, the flame was extinguished.
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heading for the city. Instead, the advancing Russian units encountered the Estonian flag flying in the tower of Tall Hermann, a symbol of State power in Tallinn, there were no casualties.
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on Estonian institutions, including its Parliament, banks, and newspaper agencies. Although the Estonian government blamed Kremlin, no direct evidence could be produced.
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The monument consists of a stonewall structure made of
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1671:"Bronze Soldier monument in Tallinn vandalized"
775:James V., Wertsch. "A Clash of Deep Memories".
393:Sergeant Aleksandr Grigorov – died 7 March 1945
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1289:"Estonia to remove Soviet memorial"
1235:. russiaprofile.org. Archived from
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2258:Estonian Museum of Natural History
1692:Turovski, Marcus (20 April 2022).
1486:Björklund, Marianne (8 May 2007).
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108:Monument osvoboditeljam Tallina
82:, built at the site of several
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1638:Koppel, Nataly (3 July 2007).
1445:Picture of statue in new place
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1517:Masing, Kadri (8 May 2007).
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383:. Died on 28 September 1944.
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215:to the liberators of Tallinn
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1936:Patarei Sea Fortress-Prison
1861:Saint Catherine's Monastery
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927:. ABC-CLIO. p. 111.
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2643:Estonia–Russia relations
2577:Tallinn Christmas Market
2407:Estonian Business School
2382:Estonian Academy of Arts
2238:Estonian Maritime Museum
2228:Estonian Open Air Museum
1851:Church of the Holy Ghost
1721:(9 May 2005; 9 May 2007)
1023:p. 17-18: Albert Adamson
921:Frucht, Richard (2005).
654:. Juridica International
2653:Tallinn in World War II
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2350:Culture Factory Polymer
2314:Estonian Puppet Theatre
2253:Estonian History Museum
1951:Charles Leroux Monument
209:Estonia in World War II
2547:Estonian Song Festival
2521:Tallinn Baltic Station
2428:Pirita Yachting Centre
2299:Estonian Drama Theatre
2263:Estonian Health Museum
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1529:on 26 September 2007
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1896:Presidential Palace
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328:political commissar
250:Building and design
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2473:Tallinn Hippodrome
2458:Tondiraba Ice Hall
2372:Tallinn University
1921:Maarjamäe Memorial
1876:Pikk Hermann tower
1866:Town Hall Pharmacy
1373:. Associated Press
1216:REGNUM News Agency
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1956:Russalka Memorial
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440:Soviet occupation
342:Stalingrad Oblast
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123:Tõnismäe monument
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2613:1947 sculptures
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2494:Port of Tallinn
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1218:4 May 2007
967:(Word file)
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587:Victory Day
571:Victory Day
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302:Burial site
291:gold medal
268:Arnold Alas
50:Pronkssõdur
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