Dismantled Soviet-Era Monuments Displayed At Tallinn’s ‘Statue Graveyard’

No People Archive Collection Communist Context Courtyard Era Estonia Governance History Ideology Interpretation Legacy Memorial Monument Museum Politics Preservation Propaganda Public Regime Sculpture Soviet Statue Symbolism Tallinn Tourism Transition Winter abandoned architecture artifacts bronze cold cold-war communism concrete controversial controversy culture decommunization display downfall exhibition heritage heritage-site historical landmark landscape memory metalwork narrative occupation outdoor outdoors past post-Soviet relic relics relocated remembrance removal restoration site socialism soviet-era stone stonework twentieth-century urban Tallinn Estonia December 8 2025 monument Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeny Nikonov erected 1960 damaged metal theft early 1990s Soviet Statue Graveyard Maarjamae Palace display Artur Widak NurPhoto Soviet Union statue graveyard history Soviet history Estonian history public display photography cultural heritage Soviet monuments restoration outdoor exhibition historical artifact Soviet legacy preservation art installation public memory.