Tallinn Trip – Soviet Statue Graveyard (Monument to the Coup of 1 December 1924)
This isn’t the most subtle of the monuments at the museum and it was installed at the Baltic railway station
Read MoreThis isn’t the most subtle of the monuments at the museum and it was installed at the Baltic railway station
Read MoreAnother displaced statue and another contested Soviet claim, they certainly don’t make things clear-cut in their propaganda. Anyway, Helene Kullman,
Read MoreOne of the reasons that the statues being torn down after Estonian independence being placed at this museum was to
Read MoreI’ve written about one statue to Viktor Kingissepp (1888-1922), but this was a man that the Soviets were very proud
Read MoreThe next in my series of posts about the Soviet Statue Graveyard, this one is in honour of Viktor Kingissepp
Read MoreSimilar to my previous post, this rather Soviet looking one is just about Mihkel Aitsam (1876-1917). Designed by Endel Taniloo,
Read MoreThere will now be a heap of posts about the Soviet Statue Graveyard to excite my two loyal blog readers,
Read MoreI’ve already mentioned the Soviet War Memorial at this site and this memorial is a quite marvellous juxtaposition to it.
Read MoreThis is the Soviet War Memorial at the Maarjamäe Memorial Complex in Tallinn. It’s a complex site which was erected
Read MoreI think I’ve written enough posts about exhibits at the Estonian History Museum, or for now at least. But, this
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