List of Soviet war memorials

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A memorial to the fighters for the Soviet Power in the Far East (Vladivostok, Russia, 2004)

Soviet war memorials are memorials commemorating the activities of Soviet Armed Forces in any of the wars involving Soviet Union, but most notably World War II. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many of the memorials, especially the ones dedicated to the activities of Soviet Armed Forces in former Soviet Bloc countries during World War II, have been removed, relocated, altered or have had their meaning reinterpreted (such as the Liberty Statue in Budapest).

Austria[edit]

Soviet War Memorial in Vienna

Belarus[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

China[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Statue of Ivan Konev

Germany[edit]

Estonia[edit]

Bronze Soldier of Tallinn in Tallinn Military Cemetery

Hungary[edit]

Lithuania[edit]

Statues of Soviet World War II soldiers in Antakalnis Cemetery, Vilnius (removed in 2022)

Latvia[edit]

Monument to the Soviet Prisoners of War in Salaspils [ru]

North Korea[edit]

Poland[edit]

After 2017, Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) government destroyed most of the Soviet War Memorials in Poland.[6][7]

Romania[edit]

Tajikistan[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

Other[edit]

Joseph Stalin is still quoted in stone in German and Russian at least in Treptow[8] and Vienna.[9] Such inscriptions have been generally removed in Soviet Union and Soviet block countries as part of de-Stalinization.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Estonian government relocates Narva tank monument". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Work has started to remove a controversial Soviet–era monument in Narva". Baltic News Network. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Demolition of Soviet Victory monument in Rīga". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "79 m tall obelisk of Soviet Victory Monument toppled in Pārdaugava". Baltic News Network. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Largest Soviet monument in Baltics dismantled in Riga". The Baltic Times. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Poland plans to tear down hundreds of Soviet memorials". Deutsche Welle. 13 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Then And Now: Soviet Monuments Disappear Across Poland". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 October 2020.
  8. ^ Soviet War Memorial – Treptower Park, Berlin
  9. ^ Kriza, Elisa. (2018). The Stalin plaque in Vienna: hiding and showing history. European Review of History. 26. 1-19. 10.1080/13507486.2018.1505832.