Soviet War Memorials

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).

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

Austria

Soviet War Memorial in Vienna

Soviet War Memorial (Vienna)
Victory Monument to the Red Army

Bulgaria

Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv
Monument to the Soviet Army, Sofia
Monument to the Fallen Soviet Pilots, Byala Slatina

China

Monument to the Soviet Army Martyrs, Changchun
Monument to the Soviet Army Martyrs, Harbin
Monument to the Soviet Back Baikal Tank Battalion Soldiers, Shengyang
Monument to the Soviet Army Martyrs in the Lüshun Russian Military Cemetery

Czech Republic

Statue of Ivan Konev

Monument to Soviet Tank Crews (first painted, later removed)
Statue of Ivan Konev (removed in 2020)
Monument to the Liberation of the City by the Red Army in Hradec Králové (removed in 1991)
Monument to the Red Army soldiers in Luková
Red Army Memorial (Olomouc)
Red Army Statue (Adamov)
Red Army Statue (Keblice)
Red Army Statue (Šlapanice)

Germany

Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park), a memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin
Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten), a memorial in Tiergarten, Berlin
Soviet War Memorial (Schönholzer Heide), a memorial in Schönholzer Heide, Berlin

Estonia

Bronze Soldier of Tallinn in Tallinn Military Cemetery

Bronze Soldier of Tallinn (relocated to Tallinn Military Cemetery in 2007)
Monument to the Red Army soldiers who died during the Second World War in Narva (removed in 2022)
Narva tank (removed in 2022[1][2])
Rakvere Brotherly Grave Monument (removed in 2022)
Soldiers' Memorial in Osmussaari

Hungary

Liberty Statue (Budapest), the Soviet inscription has been replaced
Liberty Square (Budapest)
Hungarian-Soviet Friendship Memorial, now in Memento Park

Lithuania

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

Latvia

Monument to the Soviet Prisoners of War in Salaspils

Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders (removed in 2022[3][4][5])
Monument to the Soviet Prisoners of War in Salaspils
Memorial to the Fallen Soviet Soldiers in Jēkabpils
Memorial to Latvian Riflemen

North Korea

Liberation Monument, Pyongyang

Poland

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

Cemetery of the Soviet Army Soldiers in Braniewo
Monument to Brotherhood in Arms, Warsaw (removed in 2011)
Monument of Gratitude to the Soldiers of the Red Army In Warsaw (removed in 2018)
Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army in Buczkowice (removed in 2018)
Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army in Bobolice (removed in 2022)
Monument "To the Destroyers of Hitlerism" (removed in 2019)
Monument in Honor of the Red Army in Chrzowice (removed in 2022)
Monument of Gratitude and Brotherhood of the Soviet Army and the Polish Army in Ciechocinek (removed in 2014)
Monument of Gratitude in Dąbrowa Górnicza (removed in 2018)
Monument of Gratitude to the Soviet Army in Szczecin (removed in 2017)
Soviet Military Cemetery, Warsaw

Romania

Other

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

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

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[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.