Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
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The Bronze Soldier 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 Mil
The monument in its original urban context
A visitor to the monument in 1970, with the eternal flame and sentries
The Bronze Soldier monument, with the stone structure reconstructed, at its new permanent location, June 2007
The Bronze Soldier of Tallinn monument, vandalized in protest of the Russian attack on Ukraine, 12 April 2022.
Bronze Night
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The Bronze Night, also known as the April Unrest and April Events, was a number of riots in Estonia surrounding the 2007 relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet World War II memorial in
Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
…and Estonians, as well as between Russia and Estonia. The disputes surrounding the relocation peaked with two nights of riots in Tallinn (known as the Bronze Night), besieging of the Estonian embassy in Moscow for a week, and cyberattacks on Estonian organizations. The events caught international attention and led…
Protests in downtown Tallinn after police cordoned off the streets around the memorial, driving protesters toward the city centre.
Plaque on the building of Government of Estonia, Toompea, commemorating government members killed by communist terror
Police cordoning off the statue on April 26, 2007. The sign says "archeological excavation".
Burning kiosk, April 26, 2007.