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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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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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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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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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Lieutenant Colonel Kotelnikov – no information available
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The monument consists of a stonewall structure made of
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Tuuli Aug; Kadri Masing; Aivar Pau (27 April 2007).
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1660:"Bronze Soldier monument in Tallinn vandalized"
764:James V., Wertsch. "A Clash of Deep Memories".
382:Sergeant Aleksandr Grigorov – died 7 March 1945
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1965:House of the Brotherhood of Blackheads
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1278:"Estonia to remove Soviet memorial"
1224:. russiaprofile.org. Archived from
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2247:Estonian Museum of Natural History
1681:Turovski, Marcus (20 April 2022).
1475:Björklund, Marianne (8 May 2007).
1382:"Tallinn tense after deadly riots"
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97:Monument osvoboditeljam Tallina
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1434:Picture of statue in new place
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2237:Estonian Firefighting Museum
1506:Masing, Kadri (8 May 2007).
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602:2007 cyberattacks on Estonia
372:. Died on 28 September 1944.
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204:to the liberators of Tallinn
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2632:Estonia–Russia relations
2566:Tallinn Christmas Market
2396:Estonian Business School
2371:Estonian Academy of Arts
2227:Estonian Maritime Museum
2217:Estonian Open Air Museum
1840:Church of the Holy Ghost
1710:(9 May 2005; 9 May 2007)
1012:p. 17-18: Albert Adamson
910:Frucht, Richard (2005).
643:. Juridica International
2642:Tallinn in World War II
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2339:Culture Factory Polymer
2303:Estonian Puppet Theatre
2242:Estonian History Museum
1940:Charles Leroux Monument
198:Estonia in World War II
2536:Estonian Song Festival
2510:Tallinn Baltic Station
2417:Pirita Yachting Centre
2288:Estonian Drama Theatre
2252:Estonian Health Museum
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2056:Danish King's Garden
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1518:on 26 September 2007
1222:"The Memory Remains"
1203:, Alexander Daniel,
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1885:Presidential Palace
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834:on 13 February 2013
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317:political commissar
239:Building and design
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2462:Tallinn Hippodrome
2447:Tondiraba Ice Hall
2361:Tallinn University
1910:Maarjamäe Memorial
1865:Pikk Hermann tower
1855:Town Hall Pharmacy
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1205:REGNUM News Agency
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617:Monument of Lihula
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607:Kalamaja cemetery
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429:Soviet occupation
331:Stalingrad Oblast
285:Kristjan Palusalu
112:Tõnismäe monument
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766:Profession
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