Monuments and Memorials Built in the Soviet Union - Soviet Military Memorials and Cemeteries, Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, Monumental Propaganda (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Soviet military memorials and cemeteries, Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, Monumental propaganda, Khimki War Memorial, Tsitsernakaberd, Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Mamayev Kurgan, Monument to Soviet tank crews, Garibaldi Monument in Taganrog, Nizami Mausoleum, Soviet War Memorial, The Motherland Calls, Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev, Shtyki Memorial, Treasury of Bahman Mirza, Mother Armenia, Poklonnaya Hill, Vagif Mausoleum, Katyn war cemetery, Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists, Hero-City Obelisk, Chekhov Monument in Taganrog, Cosmonauts Alley, Sardarapat Memorial, Mother Motherland, Soviet Military Cemetery, Warsaw, Barmaley Fountain, Liberty Statue, Victory Square, Saint Petersburg, Soviet-era statues, Mother Motherland, Kiev, Mound of Immortality, Mound of Glory, Monument to the Soviet Army, Sofia, Victory Memorial to Soviet Army, Ukrainian House, Green Belt of Glory. Excerpt: The Bronze Soldier (Estonian: , Russian: ) is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby Tallinn Military Cemetery in 2007. Originally named "Monument to the Liberators of Tallinn" (Estonian: ), Russian: later titled to its current official name "Monument To the Fallen in the Second World War," and sometimes called Alyosha, or Tonismae monument after its old location. The memorial was unveiled on September 22, 1947, three years after the Red Army reached Tallinn on September 22 1944 during World War II. The monument consists of a stonewall structure made of dolomite and a two meter (6.5 ft) bronze statue of a soldier in a World War II-era Red Army military uniform. It was originally located in a small park (during the Soviet...